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Center for Islamic Pluralism
AbbreviationCIP
Formation2004 (2004), opened in 2005
Legal statusPublic charity
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Executive Director
Stephen Suleyman Schwartz
President
Kemal Silay
Subsidiariesin London, UK
and Cologne, Germany
Websiteislamicpluralism.org

The Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP) is a U.S.-based Islamic think tank challenging Islamist interpretations of Islam. It was founded in 2004 by eight people including the Sufi Muslim author Stephen Suleyman Schwartz[1] and officially opened on March 25, 2005.[2] With its headquarters in Washington, D.C., it has subsidiaries in London and Cologne, Germany and correspondents in 32 countries.[1]

Founders

Other staff

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  2. ^ "Moderate Islam Gets a Washington Address". 2005-03-25. Retrieved 2014-12-27.