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09
March 2017
Past Event
Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities
Featured Speakers:
Farahnaz Ispahani
Nina Shea
Pakistani Christians hold candles as they march during the Easter Celebration ceremony on April 20, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
09
March 2017
Past Event
Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities

Farahnaz Ispahani and Nina Shea discuss Pakistan's blasphemy laws

Pakistani Christians hold candles as they march during the Easter Celebration ceremony on April 20, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Farahnaz Ispahani
Nina Shea
12
September 2016
Past Event
Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Elliott Abrams
Kristina Arriaga
Vo Van Ai
Tina L. Mufford
Penelope Faulkner
Vo Tran Nhat
Sara Colm
Tong C. Vang
Venerable Kim Muol
Prak Sereivuth
12
September 2016
Past Event
Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security

Elliot Abrams, Nina Shea, Kristina Arriaga & Vo Van Ai (Vietnam Committee on Human Rights) on U.S. policy and religious freedom in South East Asia

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Elliott Abrams
Kristina Arriaga
Vo Van Ai
Tina L. Mufford
Penelope Faulkner
Vo Tran Nhat
Sara Colm
Tong C. Vang
Venerable Kim Muol
Prak Sereivuth
07
May 2015
Past Event
The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing and the Urgency of a Strategic Response
Featured Speakers:
His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Walter Russell Mead
Nina Shea
Kenneth R. Weinstein
The Reverend Benedict Kiely
Mark L. Movsesian
Sarkis Boghjalian
Michael J.L. La Civita
His Excellency, Bishop Gregory John Mansour
Samuel Tadros
Kirsten Powers
The Reverend Johnnie Moore
Mindy Belz
Joseph Kassab
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07
May 2015
Past Event
The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing and the Urgency of a Strategic Response

Is there any hope that religious minorities can remain in the Middle East? A conference with Nina Shea, Cardinal Dolan, and Walter Russell Mead.

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Featured Speakers:
His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Walter Russell Mead
Nina Shea
Kenneth R. Weinstein
The Reverend Benedict Kiely
Mark L. Movsesian
Sarkis Boghjalian
Michael J.L. La Civita
His Excellency, Bishop Gregory John Mansour
Samuel Tadros
Kirsten Powers
The Reverend Johnnie Moore
Mindy Belz
Joseph Kassab
23
March 2015
Past Event
Boko Haram, the Islamic State's West African Franchise
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bukky Shonibare
Emmanuel Ogebe
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23
March 2015
Past Event
Boko Haram, the Islamic State's West African Franchise

How will the new Islamic State affiliation impact the operations and reach of Boko Haram? Nina Shea, Emmanuel Ogebe, and Bukky Shonibare weigh in.

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bukky Shonibare
Emmanuel Ogebe
18
March 2015
Past Event
Prospects for Christians in the Path of Persecution
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bishop Angaelos
Samuel Tadros
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18
March 2015
Past Event
Prospects for Christians in the Path of Persecution

Nina Shea and Samuel Tadros joined His Grace Bishop Angaelos to discuss the threats facing the Coptic community in the Middle East.

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bishop Angaelos
Samuel Tadros
02
December 2014
Past Event
The Race Against ISIS: Efforts to Preserve Ancient Christian Culture in the Middle East
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Amal Marogy
02
December 2014
Past Event
The Race Against ISIS: Efforts to Preserve Ancient Christian Culture in the Middle East

Amal Marogy of Aradin Charitable Trust and Nina Shea discuss the destruction of Aramaic and early Christian culture by ISIS in the Middle East.

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Amal Marogy
19
September 2014
Past Event
#WhereAreOurGirls? Escaped Schoolgirl Shares Her Account of Boko Haram Abduction
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Saa*
Emmanuel Ogebe
19
September 2014
Past Event
#WhereAreOurGirls? Escaped Schoolgirl Shares Her Account of Boko Haram Abduction

A Chibok schoolgirl who escaped Boko Haram shared her account in the first public appearance of this kind in the U.S.

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Saa*
Emmanuel Ogebe
13
May 2014
Past Event
A Survivor’s Account of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Nigeria
Featured Speakers:
Deborah Peters
Emmanuel Ogebe
Nina Shea
13
May 2014
Past Event
A Survivor’s Account of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Nigeria

First Hand Accounts from Chibok, Nigeria from a Survivor of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Northern Nigeria

Featured Speakers:
Deborah Peters
Emmanuel Ogebe
Nina Shea
17
January 2014
Past Event
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Free Speech Implications of a Proposed Ban on "Islamophobia"
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Dr. Mark Durie
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17
January 2014
Past Event
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Free Speech Implications of a Proposed Ban on "Islamophobia"

"Islamophobia" is a widely used yet vague and controversial term referring to anti-Muslim bigotry. In recent years, identifying, monitoring, reporting

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Dr. Mark Durie
14
November 2013
Past Event
Witness of Boko Haram'’s Religious Cleansing in Northern Nigeria: An Inside Look at the World’'s Deadliest Place for Christians
Featured Speakers:
Adamu Habila
Emmanuel Ogebe
Ann Buwalda
Nina Shea
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14
November 2013
Past Event
Witness of Boko Haram'’s Religious Cleansing in Northern Nigeria: An Inside Look at the World’'s Deadliest Place for Christians

Boko Haram, a Hausa phrase meaning "Western education is forbidden," is a militant Islamic insurgency whose stated aim is the establishment, by force,

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Featured Speakers:
Adamu Habila
Emmanuel Ogebe
Ann Buwalda
Nina Shea
22
August 2013
Past Event
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Robert Satloff
Nina Shea
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22
August 2013
Past Event
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity

Hudson Institute hosted a lively discussion of Research Fellow Samuel Tadros's new book __Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity

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Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Robert Satloff
Nina Shea
15
May 2013
Past Event
The Rise of Islamism: Its Impact on Religious Minorities
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Farahnaz Ispahani
Jamsheed K. Choksy
Stephen Schwartz
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15
May 2013
Past Event
The Rise of Islamism: Its Impact on Religious Minorities

With the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, religious minorities have come increasingly under siege. Already this year, near

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Farahnaz Ispahani
Jamsheed K. Choksy
Stephen Schwartz