Ziauddin Sardar situates Sebastian Faulks's blunt dismissal of the literary and ethics merits of the Qur'an at the end of…
Contextualizing the Faulks controversy
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Spinoza and Mendelssohn on religious liberty
In the latest issue of Logos, Ze'ev Levy looks at contemporary issues of religious tolerance and persecution through the lens…
Essay Competition on religious and linguistic freedoms
The Irmgard Coninx Stiftung has announced the Twelfth Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality and will be fielding essays on the subject…
Concern or condescension?
Nesrine Malik argues in the Guardian that Western feminists' concern for the plight of women in the Islamic world tends…
Iraqi sectarianism driven more by resources than religion
Soldier and social scientist Adam L. Silverman attempts to redress the perception that sectarian violence in Iraq is fueled by…
The shared future of Islam and democracy
In the Huffington Post, Professor of Religion and International Affairs John L. Esposito argues that American and European governments need…
Religious identities in Europe combine sacred and secular
JTA correspondent Ben Harris reports that religious self-identification is on the rise in Europe, despite taking non-traditional forms.
Anti-Muslim sentiment pairing unlikely bedfellows in EU
In today's Guardian, Antony Lerman discerns a novel---and regrettable---religio-political dynamic taking shape in the EU: anti-Muslim sentiment is uniting some…
A discussion with Rachel Wheeler
Linford D. Fisher of Religion in American History spoke earlier this week with Rachel Wheeler, author of To Live Upon…
German courts inhospitable to Muslim women
Over at altmuslimah.com, Sara Ludin writes that in numerous instances, the German court system has shown itself negligent at best,…