{"347401":{"#nid":"347401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"How Jordan Uses Islam Against the Islamic State","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Nunn School, is featured in today\u0027s \u003Cstrong\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/strong\u003E with an article written jointly with Michael Robbins. The article, \u0022How Jordan Uses Islam Against the Islamic State,\u0022 discusses Jordan\u0027s recent attempts to employ new policies intended to strengthen official Islam over the Islamic State.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf history is any guide, it is likely that Jordan\u2019s recent measures to strengthen official Islam will be perceived as legitimate. Most Jordanians will be supportive because they fear the spread of the Islamic state\u2019s ideas on their own soil. However, the state cannot overstep its mandate, despite the temptation to use brute force to prevent the spread of radicalization. Thus, Jordan should continue to employ new policies as a response to prevent and not to preempt so that public opinion is behind them. If Jordan follows this trajectory, these efforts are likely to further limit the ability of radical Islam to take hold within the kingdom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2014\/11\/19\/how-jordan-uses-islam-against-the-islamic-state\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Read more...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Nunn School, is featured in today\u0027s \u003Cstrong\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/strong\u003E with an article written jointly with Michael Robbins. The article, \u0022How Jordan Uses Islam Against the Islamic State,\u0022 discusses Jordan\u0027s recent attempts to employ new policies intended to strengthen official Islam over the Islamic State.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Nunn School, is featured in today\u0027s Washington Post with an article written jointly with Michael Robbins."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-11-19 13:11:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:18","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65215":{"id":"65215","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor Lawrence Rubin","body":null,"created":"1449176801","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:41","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Assistant Professor Lawrence Rubin","file":{"fid":"193200","name":"tky09700.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tky09700.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tky09700.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75461,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tky09700.jpg?itok=YutcmKrn"}}},"media_ids":["65215"],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"4268","name":"Islam"},{"id":"105281","name":"Islamic State"},{"id":"2166","name":"Jordan"},{"id":"10536","name":"Nunn School"},{"id":"104081","name":"press"},{"id":"10538","name":"Rubin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELawrence Rubin\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lawrence.rubin@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Elawrence.rubin@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}