Congressional Forum on Islam with Aron Zysow

While jihad has its roots in classical Islam, its modern form “is the answer to the crisis of Islamic civilization which began in the second half of the nineteenth century,” said Professor Aron Zysow.  Zysow, a scholar of Islamic law now at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, addressed a group of senior Congressional staffers on February 26, 2007 as part of the CSIS Middle East Program’s Congressional Forum on Islam.