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‘I Hope Pope Francis Will Call for Full Freedom for Everyone in Every Muslim-Majority Country’: Daniel Philpott interview with Zenit

Author: Zenit

Daniel Philpott, professor of political science and Ansari Institute affiliate, recently spoke to Zenit’s Deborah Castellano Lubov about Pope Francis' visit to the United Arab Emirates.

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Study finds Muslim-majority countries lack, but hold surprising potential for, religious freedom

Author: Amanda Skofstad

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In his newest research, Daniel Philpott, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, examines conditions in 47 Muslim-majority countries and considers a question at the center of intense public debate: Is Islam hostile to religious freedom?

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Ansari Institute statement on mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

Author: Ansari Institute

The Ansari Institute condemns the October 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. We mourn with friends and relatives of the eleven worshippers killed by gunfire, and stand in solidarity with all Jews in Pittsburgh, across the nation, and around the world. At a historical moment when ethno-religious…

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Thomas Tweed named founding director of Rafat and Zoreen Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion

Author: Christine Cox

Thomas Tweed

Thomas Tweed, a historian committed to improving public understanding of religions, has been appointed founding director of the Rafat and Zoreen Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, effective July 1. Tweed came…

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Ansari family’s $15 million gift to Notre Dame aims to unite global religions

Author: Dennis Brown

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Rafat and Zoreen Ansari and their family, of South Bend, Indiana, have made a $15 million gift to the University of Notre Dame for the creation of an institute dedicated to the study of religion around the world. "The need for people of faith to focus on what unites us rather than on what…

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