The Brian Lehrer Show

Religious Evolution

Thursday, April 07, 2005

On the next Brian Lehrer Show, the history and future of Islam. Reza Aslan, scholar of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies discusses his book No god but God and why he thinks we are in the midst of the Islamic Reformation. Also: 16-year-olds who want to vote in City elections.

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Leaving Behind an Act

Richard Blumenthal State Attorney General of Connecticut
- on Connecticut's law suit against the US Department of Education's No Child Left Behind Act
» Connecticut State Attorney General

Testing the Water

Dr. Betty Sternberg Commissioner of Education for the State of Connecticut
- says that the state of Connecticut is being pushed into this law suit against the US Board of Education on No Child Left Behind
» Connecticut Department of Education

Heads Up

Kati Haycock Director of Education Trust a nonprofit whose mission is to make schools and colleges work for all of the young people they serve.
- disagrees with Connecticut's potential lawsuit on the US Department of Education's No Child Left Behind
» Education Trust

Youth and Reconciliation

Michal Adut, student at La Guardia High School
and
Nadiya Chadha, student at Bronx Science
and
Francine Baras, Executive Director of Future Voters of America
- on their bid to give 12-16-year-olds a stronger voice in politics
» More on the Future Voters of America

Islam of God

Reza Aslan, Author, No god but God : The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (Random House, March 2005)
- charts the history of Islam and the struggle between Wahhabism and reform-oriented Islam, dragging the West along

New York 51: District 31

James Sanders, Jr. New York City Council Member (D-31) representing: Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Rosedale; parts of Springfield Gardens, and Chair of the Economic Development Committee
- on life and politics in his Queens district
» James Sanders Jr.