Ever since the capture of John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” the media has been on the lookout for…
The “next door” jihadists
Islam
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…
Civil religion and beyond
Civil religion, on one hand, links the US to the biblical tradition; on the other hand, the moral and political…
Mute symbols of Islam
The public visibility of religious and cultural signs of Islam expresses the presence of Muslim actors in European countries. The…
Rethinking ikhtilat in Saudi Arabia
The Economist reports that certain elements of the Saudi clerical elite are reconsidering the validity of the ban on ikhtilat,…
Abdolkarim Soroush on the Green Revolution
In The Christian Science Monitor, Robin Wright interviews Abdolkarim Soroush, Iranian scholar and public intellectual, about the manifesto that he…
Responding to terrorism
At the Huffington Post, John L. Esposito explores the appeal of extremist Islamic stances and suggests how the United States might…
The state of Shari’a in the UK
In The Times, Douglas Murray opines on the foothold Islamic law has gained in British public life and explores how…