Weidenfeld Debates
Weidenfeld Debates
Oxford University
Monopolizing God: The Politics of Religion and Citizens' Rights Today
58 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2014 at 3:12 pm.
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Is the discourse of God getting monopolized for political reasons? How are citizens’ rights to be safeguarded if the will of the people and the interpretations of the will of God are not always aligned? Panel disucssion moderated by BBC Presenter Nelufar Heyadar. Panelists include: Dr Tariq Ramadan (Prof. of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Oxford), Dr Anicée Van Engeland (Lecturer in law, SOAS), Dr Monica Toft (Prof. of Government AND Public Policy, Oxford). Introduced by Amna Sarfraz.