Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 03/2015

Salafism in Lebanon

Robert Rabil

February 2015

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On February 13, Robert Rabil addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Rabil is a professor of Middle East studies in Florida Atlantic University's Department of Political Science and the Lifelong Learning Society (LLS) Distinguished Professor of Current Events. He is the author of Salafism in Lebanon (Georgetown University Press, October 2014). The following is a rapporteur's summary of his remarks.