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Shadi Hamid on "Islamic Exceptionalism"

Shadi Hamid on "Islamic Exceptionalism"

Episode #181

The Lawfare Podcast · The Lawfare Institute

July 30, 201657m 1s

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Show Notes

Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Project on US Relations with the Islamic World and the author of the new book Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World. Shadi sat down with Benjamin Wittes to discuss his book, which examines Islam’s unique relationship with democratic politics and the modern world. It's a thoughtful discussion of liberalism’s complex interaction with Islamic history and politics from the Enlightenment through to the present day.

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