Interview Dr. John Esposito

Georgetown graduate Case Boesharr talks over the phone with Georgetown professor and Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Dr.John Esposito. Dr. Esposito has served as a consultant to the U.S. State Department, the governments of several European and Asian countries, and many corporations. He has also served as ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations and was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders and E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation. Dr. Esposito has written more than 45 books, many of them on the topics of Islamophobia and the relationship between Islam and terror. Case and Dr. Esposito talk about rising islamophobia in the U.S. and Europe, including its causes and how to combat it. They also talk about the attitudes of people in Islamic countries toward the West and the relationship between Western and Islamic countries