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The Meaning Behind "Caliph" and "Caliphate"; New Book Ventures Into "Europe's Shadow"

Feryal Salem
Dr. Feryal Salem.

The 2016 presidential race has been loaded with rhetoric about a so-called “ISIS caliphate." But what exactly is a caliphate? And what does it mean to say that ISIS has one? This hour, local Islamic scholar Dr. Feryal Salem fills us in. 

And later: from the author of The Revenge of Geographycomes a new book rooted in the history and culture of Romania. We chat with Robert D. Kaplan about his latest release, called In Europe’s Shadow.

GUESTS:

  • Dr. Feryal Salem - Assistant professor of Islamic Scriptures and Law; co-director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary
  • Robert D. Kaplan - Senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a contributing editor at The Atlantic; his latest book is called In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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