Preface
Introduction
1. Defining extremism
2. The dangers extremism poses to society
3. Multiculturalism
4. Secular extremism and religious extremism: the differences,
causes, and role of religion in fomenting extremism
5. The power of the internet and social media in facilitating
extremist movements and ideas
6. Contemporary social tensions
7. The power of 'hate speech' and what limits should be imposed on
free speech in the context of extremism
8. Looking forward
Index
Amos N. Guiora is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center
for Global Justice at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, The
University of Utah, where he teaches Criminal Procedure,
International Law, Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism and
Religion and Terrorism. Professor Guiora is a Member of the
American Bar Association's Law and National Security Advisory
Committee; a Research Associate at the University of Oxford, Oxford
Institute for
Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict; a Research Fellow at the
International Institute on Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary
Center, Herzylia, Israel; and a Corresponding Member, The
Netherlands School of Human Rights
Research, University of Utrecht School of Law. He received grants
from both the Stuart Family Foundation and the Earhart Foundation,
was awarded a Senior Specialist Fulbright Fellowship for The
Netherlands in 2008, and awarded the S.J. Quinney College of Law
Faculty Scholarship Award in 2011. He served for 19 years in the
Israel Defense Forces as Lieutenant Colonel (retired), and held a
number of senior command positions, including Commander of the IDF
School of Military Law and Legal Advisor
to the Gaza Strip. He has testified before the U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee; the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Homeland Security; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the
Dutch House
of Representatives. Professor Guiora has published extensively on
issues related to national security, limits of interrogation,
religion and terrorism, and the limits of power, multiculturalism
and human rights. He is the author of Legitimate Target: A Criteria
Based Approach to Targeted Killing; Freedom from Religion: Rights
and National Security; Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism;
Fundamentals of Counterterrorism; Constitutional Limits on
Coercive
Interrogation; Homeland Security: What is it and Where is it Going;
and Modern Geopolitics and Security: Strategies for Unwinnable
Conflicts.
"Tolerating Intolerance is an important book that focuses on the
subject of extremism, both religious and secular, while presenting
interesting policy considerations. Professor Guiora further
develops his ideas on free speech, national security, and tolerance
in a convincing manner, placing classical questions in an entirely
new light. This book is essential reading for scholars, as well as
politicians and general readers interested in the central
issues of our time. Well recommended."
-Paul Cliteur, Professor of Jurisprudence, Leiden University, The
Netherlands
"In Tolerating Intolerance, Professor Guiora is unafraid to make us
consider more deeply the consequences of our national semi-sacred
language like 'freedom of religion' and 'freedom of speech.' As a
pastor of a mainline church, Guiora's insights provoke unrest in
me. However, the rise of religious extremism and the misuse of the
scripture must be confronted. Moving beyond simplistic notions of
individual rights, Guiora forges a compelling vision for
the priority of the common good. This book engages believer and
non-believer, academic, and any student of life who seeks to move
beyond pat phrases and simple solutions."
-Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr., Pastor, Head of Staff, Forest Hill
Church, Presbyterian, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
"Amos Guiora's latest book is the last in row of more fantastic
books from his hand. Tolerating Intolerance should be read by
everyone who wants to know how to defend our basic right freedom of
speech and about where to draw the line."
-Mevr. mr. L.M.J.S. Helder, Member of the Dutch Parliament, Party
for Freedom, Lid Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Partij voor de
Vrijheid (PVV)
"Guiora's proposal for dealing with [religious authority,
community, speech, and conduct] is notably broad ... Instead of
strict scrutiny to protect religious rights, Guiora recommends a
relationship of religious deference to the state. The proper
balance, in Guiora's view, is achieved with religious subservience
to state supremacy. This is not a proposal that is likely to sit
well with religions, but neither is it a panacea for societies that
accept Guiora's
invitation to police and preempt religious extremists in their
midst. Guiora observes that societies pay a "price for enabling
religious liberty" and for "tolerating religious and cultural
extremism"
(125- 26). Guiora proposes to pay that price forward in the
direction of greater religious scrutiny and restriction by the
state in the interests of security and order. In this stark
calculus, the threat to religious and other civil rights is the
cost of doing business."
-Journal of Law and Religion
"This book will be of interest to scholars and students of
political extremism. Guiora's vivacious prose, rich with
contemporary examples from different countries and informed by
interviews with experts, makes this book accessible to lay people
as well as academics. The book takes its readers on a fascinating
journey of exploration to the boundaries of freedom of expression,
which is one of the most difficult dilemmas to occupy the minds of
liberals for several
generations, from Voltaire and Mill to Dworkin and Waldron."
-Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, Political Theory
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