Following his dismissal from Erasmus University, Tariq Ramadan pens a rejoinder to his critics in the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad.
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The religious case for health-care reform?
"On Faith" saloniers Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham ask whether health-care reform is a moral imperative---one, moreover, with deep religious…
Questioning religious pluralism in the US
At Religion Dispatches, religious studies professor Ivan Petrella argues that the United States would be best served by re-imagining itself…
BBC Religion at a crossroads
Guardian correspondent Riazat Butt ponders whether the much-heralded---and debated---appointment of a Muslim, Aaqil Ahmed, will revitalize the BBC's religion programming.
The shtetl goes digital
Marjorie Backman at Transitions Online discusses Virtual Shtetl, a new collaborative project dedicated to the preservation and study of the…
Perspectives on religion in context
Drawing on two recently released surveys, Nick Spencer compares the increasingly prevalent perception of organized religion as a "negative influence…
“Whose Religion Is This, Anyway?”
American Prospect correspondent Gershom Gorenberg offers a trenchant, personal look at the difficulties facing religious Jews who take a critical…
Religious and labor groups organize against usury
Maurice Glasman reports on London Citizens---a broad-based coalition comprising a variety of faith-based, labor, and other community organizations---which is mounting…
Jewish groups decry new documentary
Joel Beinin comments on the controversy surrounding the screening of Rachel, a documentary investigating "the violent death of Rachel Corrie,…
Fear of Islam keeps Turkey out of EU
Tariq Ramadan argues that, more than socioeconomic and strategic concerns, it is fear of Islam that confines Turkey to Europe's…