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[[File:John L Esposito.gif|right]]
[[File:John L Esposito.gif|right]]
'''John L Esposito ''' (b. [[Brooklyn]], New York City, 1940 - ) is a professor at [[Georgetown University]]. He is specialized in International Affairs and [[Islamic]] Studies. Esposito is also founding director of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for [[Muslim]]-Christian understanding at Georgetown University, and the editor-in-chief of the six-volume ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World'', ''The Oxford History of Islam'', and ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam''. He earned a Ph.D. degree from [[Temple University]].
'''John L Esposito ''' (b. [[Brooklyn]], New York City, 1940 - ) is a professor at [[Georgetown University]]. He is specialized in International Affairs and [[Islamic]] Studies. Esposito is also founding director of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for [[Muslim]]-Christian understanding at Georgetown University, and the editor-in-chief of the six-volume ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World'', ''The Oxford History of Islam'', and ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam''. He earned a Ph.D. degree from [[Temple University]]. Dr. Esposito spent a decade in a Catholic monastery, and received a masters in theology at [[St. John's University]]. He was the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, a [[Jesuit]] college in [[Massachusetts]].
Esposito has served as consultant to the US Department of State and member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders.
Esposito has served as consultant to the US Department of State and member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders.
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A focus on "Islamic fundamentalism" as a global threat has reinforced the tendency to equate violence with Islam, to fail to distinguish between illegitimate use of religion by individuals and the faith and practice of the majority of the world's Muslims who, like adherents of other religious traditions, wish to live in peace. To equate Islam and Islamic fundamentalism uncritically with extremism is to judge Islam only by those who wreak havoc--a standard not applied to Judaism and Christianity. [http://www.iiu.edu.my/deed/articles/espo.html Political Islam: Beyond the Green Menace.]
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== Books ==
== Books ==
Esposito is the author of over 35 books; some of them are:
Esposito is the author of over 35 books; some of them are:
*''Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think'', coauthored with Dalia Mogahed.
*''Islam and Politics''
*''What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam''
*''What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam''
*''The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?''
*''The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?''
*''Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam''
*''Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam''
*''The Islamic World: Past and Present.''
*''The Islamic World: Past and Present'' (editor, 3 volume set)
== Awards ==
== Awards ==