As I see it, the issue with “religious freedom” is not whether it should be upheld everywhere, but how and…
Islam
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…
The “next door” jihadists
Ever since the capture of John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” the media has been on the lookout for…
John Esposito speaks on The Future of Islam
Leading scholar of Islam John L. Esposito spoke recently at the Carnegie Council in New York City, addressing both the…
Clearing Tariq Ramadan’s name
Sheldon Chad at The Guardian reports on the Obama administration's recent decision to revoke its ban against Islamic scholar Tariq…
The souls of animals
The question of the week at The Guardian's Belief page is, "Do Animals Have Souls?" Musab Bora offers a Muslim…