The Arizona Research Center for the Ancient Near East (ARCANE) is dedicated to the task of researching the religious systems of the ancient Near East in order to help Westerners understand the historical causes underlying, shaping, and driving contemporary religious conflicts.

Click the Interviews link at left to see an interview with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a medical doctor, U.S. Navy veteran, founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (www.aifdemocracy.org), and one of the few American Muslims willing and able to speak to the problem of religious terrorism from an informed historical perspective.

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