{"598543":{"#nid":"598543","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How States Can Wield \u2018Official Islam\u2019 to Limit Radical Extremism","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELawrence Rubin, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, wrote the \u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E, November 3, article \u0026ldquo;How States Can Wield \u0026lsquo;Official Islam\u0026rsquo; to Limit Radical Extremism.\u0026rdquo; The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn a recent interview, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made headlines with a striking claim that he will try to return his country to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/oct\/24\/i-will-return-saudi-arabia-moderate-islam-crown-prince\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;moderate Islam\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E as part of his broader reform efforts. Though it is unclear what, if any, tangible changes this will produce, his remarks are part of a growing trend among leaders in the Arab world to use elements of the state-sponsored religious establishment, or \u0026ldquo;official Islam,\u0026rdquo; to counter extremist ideologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/11\/03\/four-ways-states-can-wield-official-islam-and-what-that-means-for-extremism\/?utm_term=.0299328fcab3\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2017-11-08 16:46:16","changed_gmt":"2017-11-08 17:41:52","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/11\/03\/four-ways-states-can-wield-official-islam-and-what-that-means-for-extremism\/?utm_term=.0299328fcab3","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-11-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64836":{"id":"64836","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor Lawrence Rubin","body":null,"created":"1449176765","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:05","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"Assistant Professor Lawrence Rubin","file":{"fid":"192107","name":"tpo16200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpo16200_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpo16200_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75461,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpo16200_0.jpg?itok=v1MPcnhA"}}},"media_ids":["64836"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4268","name":"Islam"},{"id":"176187","name":"moderate"},{"id":"483","name":"reform"},{"id":"11656","name":"religious"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}