What does the academic study of religion have to contribute to public discussions concerning Major Hasan’s religious identity? What do…
The cheese, the worms, and Major Hasan
Islam
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…
Is Mumbai’s resilience endlessly renewable?
I grew up in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1950s and early 1960s. I spoke Tamil with my mother, a…
The death of secular India is greatly exaggerated
As the citizens of this vast metropolis seek to restore some semblance of normalcy to their lives, it is important…
Secularism and press freedom
Secularism plays a crucial role in a certain moral narrative of modernity. This narrative tells a story of the liberation…
An internationalist president
In the Muslim world, as in Europe and much of the world, Obama is welcomed as an internationalist president.
September 11 and the struggle for Islam
In his contribution to a web forum organized by the SSRC immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Robert…
A religious war?
Today at The Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan writes: 9/11 was a call, in my mind, to defend the Enlightenment from…