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The Telos Press Podcast: Rabab Kamal on Islamic Reform
By Telos Press · Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Telos 194 (Spring 2021). An excerpt of the article appears below. This article was part of a group of essays in
Telos 194 that discussed Elham Manea’s new book
The Perils of Nonviolent Islamism, available here for 20% off the list price. To learn how your university can subscribe to
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Rabab Kamal
“The Thin Line between Terrorism and Jihad” is the title of a presentation that I delivered in a workshop in Cairo back in 2005. The workshop itself was far away from the subject of Islamism. It was rather intended to enhance conversation and debating skills. The tutor asked us to select a topic that we found intriguing, and I had my mind set on preparing a paper that debunks the claims made by Islamic extremist groups. Ridiculing the radicals was my personal mission at the time; I had survived attempts at polarization by the