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Essays
Banning Shari‘a
by Anver Emon...religious or moral code with the force of law in the adjudication of any case under its jurisdiction.” The reference to “foreign religious or moral code” is curious—on the one...
Uprising in Egypt
The power of a new political imagination
by Malika Zeghal...the Moroccan PJD. He has underlined his acceptance of the Tunisian Personal Status Code, imposed by President Bourguiba in 1956. This legal code makes polygamy and divorce by repudiation illegal,...
Islam and the Secular State
Islam and authority
by John R. Bowen...the possibility of open debate and legitimate disagreement, and always has contained variation and disagreement. Islam as a set of state laws flattens Islamic jurisprudence into a single code. The...
off the cuff
Homosexuality and the Anglican debate
by Mary Anne Case, Eric Fassin, Siobhán Garrigan, Jimmy Casas Klausen, Mary-Jane Rubenstein and Emilie Townes...person living in a sexual relationship outside the marriage bond.” In light of both the ongoing conflict within the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop’s latest missive, we ask: why has...
Islam and the Secular State
Preaching to the converted
by Saïd Amir ArjomandAbdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im considers his latest book the culmination of his life’s work advocating for an Islamic Reformation, a new vision he first proposed in a courageous break with Islamic...
here & there
Islam: still a religion in Tennessee
by Richard Amesbury...of religious assembly.” According to The Tennessean, Corlew’s latest ruling reiterates that Islam is a religion, but the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Joe Brandon, Jr., said he was not convinced: “Chancellor Corlew...
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A State of suspicion: Counter-radicalization in Norway
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Sindre Bangstad
...Europe” (from the preamble to its latest Annual Open Threat Assessment, 2017). Norway has seen no less than two Government Action Plans against Radicalization and Violent Extremism (2010 and 2014)....
The politics of religious freedom
Paradoxes of “religious freedom” in Egypt
by Tamir Moustafa and Asifa Quraishi-Landes...platform opts instead to promote the sharia as a “frame of reference. ” Working hard to assuage anxieties both at home and abroad, the Party explicitly calls for a “civil...