Tolerating Intolerance

Amos Guiora is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Global Justice at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, the University of Utah, where he teaches Criminal Procedure, International Law, Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism and Religion and Terrorism. Professor Guiora is a Member of the American Bar Association's Law and National Security Advisory Committee; a Research Associate at the University of Oxford, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict; a Research Fellow at the International Institute on Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzylia, Israel; and a Corresponding Member, The Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, University of Utrecht School of Law. He received grants from both the Stuart Family Foundation and the Earhart Foundation, was awarded a Senior Specialist Fulbright Fellowship for The Netherlands in 2008, and awarded the S.J. Quinney College of Law Faculty Scholarship Award in 2011.

Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Defining extremism ; 2. The dangers extremism poses to society ; 3. Multiculturalism ; 4. Secular extremism and religious extremism: the differences, causes, and role of religion in fomenting extremism ; 5. The power of the internet and social media in facilitating extremist movements and ideas ; 6. Contemporary social tensions ; 7. The power of 'hate speech' and what limits should be imposed on free speech in the context of extremism ; 8. Looking forward ; Index