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Notes on a post-secular society

by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jürgen Habermas, in Sign and Sight.

September 15, 2008

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Film attacking Islam bundled with newspapers

by Laura Duane

Denise Dennis of the Huffington Post reports...

September 15, 2008

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Sarkozy challenges French secularism

by Ruth Braunstein

Robert Marquand of The Christian Science Monitor reports.

September 16, 2008

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A question of orthodoxy

by Laura Duane

In his September 13th column, Peter Steinfels of the New York Times takes on what it means to be orthodox.

September 16, 2008

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Mixed blessings

by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

From a report of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at CSIS.

September 16, 2008

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CFP: Global Islam in everyday America

by Ruth Braunstein

On April 3, 2009, the Asian American Studies Program, the Middle East Center, and the South Asia Center of the University of Pennsylvania will play host to a one-day conference on "Global Islam in Everyday. America."

September 17, 2008

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The neighbor in the self

by Nathan Schneider

At openDemocracy, philosopher James R. Mensch probes the interrelations among religions of the Book and modern states.

September 17, 2008

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Islamic violence, past and present

by Laura Duane

In a recent piece for The Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephens discusses modern day Islamic violence, negating Huntington's clash of civilizations by citing the prevalence of Muslim violence towards other Muslims.

September 17, 2008

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