In the New York Review of Books, Malise Ruthven reads Christopher Caldwell's Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam,…
Islam
Early Islam: the mystic tide
In part four of a five part series at 3 Quarks Daily, Namit Arora charts the development of Sufism from…
Teaching Islam in high school
At the Weekly Standard, Stephen Schwartz writes on recent changes in the ways American textbooks represent Islam.
Islamic finance undergoes test in Dubai
In the New York Times, Heather Timmons reports on the looming debt crisis in Dubai and the questions that it…
Swiss democracy
With a Muslim constituency estimated to be between four and six percent of its total population, Switzerland is hardly in…
Turkey, Islam, and the EU
At Contexts Magazine, Jeffrey C. Dixon offers a variety of resources for understanding the controversy over Turkey’s application to the…
The cheese, the worms, and Major Hasan
What does the academic study of religion have to contribute to public discussions concerning Major Hasan’s religious identity? What do…
The shared future of Islam and democracy
In the Huffington Post, Professor of Religion and International Affairs John L. Esposito argues that American and European governments need…
Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy
Charles Taylor blurbs Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies, a new book by Nader Hashemi.
Obama reaches out
President Barack Obama has moved quickly to follow up on his inaugural statement: "To the Muslim world, we seek a…