According to a recent story in Time magazine, there is a new type of Muslim activism brewing across the globe.…
A new generation of Muslim activists
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Prominent Pakistani cleric condemns political violence
John Esposito reports at On Faith that Muhammad Tahir Qadri, an influential Pakistani cleric, has "issued a 600-page fatwa, described…
Can Islam in Europe be tamed?
At Bookforum, David Wallace-Wells reviews Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents by Ian Buruma.
On the role of religion in U.S. foreign policy
Since the release last week of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' detailed and lengthy report (pdf) on the state…
“Good Intentions” alone are not good enough!
As I see it, the issue with “religious freedom” is not whether it should be upheld everywhere, but how and…
Conference: One Year After Cairo
On April 28, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy will hold its eleventh annual conference, "U.S. Relations…
St. Francis, the sultan, and the promise of peace
On February 17th, with half the foreheads in the packed room marked by Ash Wednesday smears, Fordham University's Center on…
“Wrong on every detail that matters”
John R. Bowen, author of Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves and Can Islam be French, has a new article…
Maimonides, man of the Mediterranean
Better late than never: last year, Princeton University Press published Sarah Stroumsa's Maimonides in His World. It is a strictly…
The power over life and death
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka describes the desperate situation in his native Nigeria in an interview with The Daily Beast’s Tunku…