Civil religion, on one hand, links the US to the biblical tradition; on the other hand, the moral and political…
Civil religion and beyond
Islam
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…
The Future of Islam
John Esposito's latest book, The Future of Islam, will be available in February 2010 from Oxford University Press.
Thomas Friedman taken to task
At the Huffington Post John O. Voll and John Esposito rebut in no uncertain terms Thomas L. Friedman's most recent…
An Islamic civil war?
In his op-ed piece in yesterday's New York Times, Thomas Friedman made a number of astute remarks about the current…
Swiss minarets and American self-righteousness?
At the Scoop, Courtney Bender analyzes the American media's editorial treatment of the Swiss minaret ban.