Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

September 16, 2009
Dear CSID Friend and Member,


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  • Create a better future for our children so they can have more opportunities for improving their lives and realizing their dreams.
  • Educate and inform Americans about Islam's true values of tolerance, peace, and good will towards mankind, including peoples of other faiths.
  • Improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world by supporting popular movements rather than oppressive tyrannies and corrupt regimes.
  • Replace the feelings of hopelessness, despair, and anger in many parts of the Muslim world, especially among the youth, with a more positive and hopeful outlook for the future.
  • Encourage young Muslim Americans, and Muslims everywhere, to participate in the political process and to reject calls for destructive violence and extremism.
  • Build a network of Muslim democrats around the globe who can share knowledge and experience about how to build and strengthen democratic institutions and traditions in the Muslim countries.

The Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy is a non-profit think tank, based in Washington DC - dedicated to promoting a better understanding of democracy in the Muslim world, and a better understanding of Islam in America. To achieve its objectives, the Center organizes meetings, conferences, and publishes several reports and periodicals. CSID engages Muslim groups, parties, and governments - both secularist and moderate Islamist - in public debates on how to reconcile Muslims' interpretation of Islam and democracy.  CSID is committed to providing democracy education to ordinary citizens, civil society, religious and political leaders in the Muslim world, and has organized meetings, workshops, and conferences in over 25 countries, including Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Iran, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, etc.
 
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Univ. of Maryland and the Brookings Institution


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Photos compiled for the conference

الإخوة الأعزّاء و الأخوات العزيزات

مرحبًا بكم في النشرة الإلكترونيّة لمركز دراسة الإسلام و الديمقراطيّة!  نرجو أن تكونوا راضين و مستفيدين من المقالات و الأخبار و التقارير التي ننشرها حول موضوع العلاقة بين الإسلام و الديمقراطيّة أو عن نشاطات المركز في الولايات المتّحدة و حول العالم

تذكّر أخي العزيز و أختي العزيزة أنّ مركزكم في حاجة إلى دعمكم المادي و المعنوي، و هذه أربعة وسائل لدعم المركز


- جدّد عضويّتك أو تبرّع بالمال $٢٠، $١٠٠، $١،٠٠٠ أو أيّ مبلغ تقدر عليه لتدعم المركز في نشر و تقوية قيم العدالة و المساواة و الحرّية و الديمقراطيّة في العالمين العربي و الإسلامي، تطوير و نشر فكر إسلامي معاصر ديمقراطي و مستنير، و تحسين العلاقة بين أمريكا و الغرب و العالم الإسلامي.  بإمكانكم التبرّع أو تجديد العضويّة عن طريق الإنترناة أو البريد

- إرسل هذا الإيميل إلى أصدقائك و أدعوهم إلى الإنخراط في القائمة الإلكترونيّة للمركز و ساعدنا في تنميّة عدد المنخرطين من ٢٥،٠٠٠ إلى ٥٠،٠٠٠ قبل نهاية السنة.  فقط إضغط على الواصل   Forward  أو  Share  في أسفل الصفحة لدعوة أصدقائك إلى الإنضمام

- حدّث معلوماتك عن طريق الضغط على واصل التحديث في أسفل الصفحة و ذلك حتّى نتمكّن من إبلاغكم بنشاطات المركز في مدينتكم أو بلدكم كما يمكنكم أن تحدّدوا اللغة التي ترغبون في التواصل بها - عربيّة، إنقليزيّة، أو الإثنين معًا 

- إنضمّ الآن إلي قضيّة المركز على فاسبوك و أدعو أصدقاءك إلى الإنضمام

معًا يمكننا أن نعمل لدعم قضايا السلم و العدل و الحرّية و الديمقراطيّة في العالمين العربي و الإسلامي و أن نبني مستقبل أفضل لشعوبنا و تحسين العلاقات بين أمريكا و الغرب من جهة و الشعوب و البلدان الإسلاميّة من جهة أخرى

إنّنا نقوم بواجبنا و نرجوكم أن تساعدوننا


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د. رضوان المصمودي
رئيس مركز دراسة الإسلام و الديمقراطيّة

Dr. Radwan A. Masmoudi
President,Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy