The HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World in the University of Edinburgh is part of an international network of centres devoted to the promotion of better mutual understanding between the World of Islam and the West. The other centres are:
The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington DC - http://cmcu.georgetown.edu/
The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies program at Harvard University - http://www.islamicstudies.harvard.edu/
The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for American Studies and Research, American University of Beirut - http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/casar/Pages/index.aspx
The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for American Studies and Research, American University in Cairo - http://www.aucegypt.edu/ResearchatAUC/rc/casar/Pages/default.aspx
The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies,University of Cambridge - http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/
Other useful websites
A Common Word
An initiative based on an Open Letter signed by 138 Muslim scholars from around the world in response to the lecture by Pope Benedict XVI in Regensburg on September 13th 2006
http://www.acommonword.com/
See especially http://ammanmessage.com/media/openLetter/english.pdf (pdf, 86KB), the original ‘open letter’ of the group
The Alliance of Civilizations Project
A project set up by the United Nations, at the initiative of the Prime Ministers of Spain and Turkey, to promote trust and understanding especially between Muslim and Western societies
http://www.unaoc.org/
See especially http://www.unaoc.org/repository/HLG_Report.pdf (pdf, 523KB), the report of the AoC’s High Level Group
The World Economic Forum Group of 100
A group established by the World Economic Forum, which meets each year in January in Switzerland, to encourage dialogue between different segments of society in the West and the Muslim World
http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/FaithCommunities/c100/WestIslamicWorld
See especially http://www.weforum.org/pdf/C100/Islam_West.pdf (pdf, 2.01MB), the WEF’s ‘Annual Report on the State of Dialogue’
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s ‘Building Bridges’ seminars
An annual seminar bringing together Christian and Muslim scholars each year since 2002 to discuss a theme of common interest
http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2198?q=building+bridges
See especially http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2288, reflections by the Archbishop and other participants on the seventh seminar, held near Rome in 2008, on 'Communicating the Word: Revelation, Translation and Interpretation in Christianity and Islam'
Podcasts
Professor David Burrell discusses inter-religious efforts towards reconciliation in the Middle East - 19 minutes
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/details/08_10_burrell.php
Professor John Esposito discusses the Gallup survey 'Who speaks for Islam? What a billion Muslims really think' - 25 minutes
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/details/08_03_John_Esposito.php
Professor Hugh Goddard discusses the debate about Sharia (Islamic
Law) in England, following the Archbishop of Canterbury's lecture on the subject - 23 minutes
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/details/08_03_Hugh_Goddard.php
Details of five lectures at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on different aspects of the Arab World
http://www.rse.org.uk/events/arab_world.htm
