Islam and the West: Searching for Common Ground HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement   Witnesses: Dr. Bruce Hoffman    Corporate Chair in Counterterrorism and      Counterinsurgency    RAND Corporation    Washington, DC Andrew Kohut    President    Pew Research Center    Washington, DC His Excellency Akbar S. Ahmed    Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies    School of International Service    American University    Washington, DC Dr. Muqtedar Khan    Assistant Professor, Political Science and International      Relations    University of Delaware    Newark, DE   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.