Over at Public Spirit, to coincide with the publication of the second edition of Grace Davie's Religion in Britain, Tariq Modood…
Religion in Britain: Demography, identity, and the public sphere
religious minorities
The Charter of Quebec Values
On November 7th, 2013, on the heels of a heated public debate about the role of religion in public life,…
The forgotten story of the Flushing Remonstrance
Walking down Bowne Street in Flushing, Queens, you may see a most interesting sign. “Bowne House; Built in 1661," it…
Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law
In his new book, Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law, Anver Emon discusses Islamic legal doctrines and their implications for religious diversity…
Pakistan and blasphemy
TIF contributor Dr. Ebrahim Moosa recently posted on his blog a statement written by Mawlana Ammar Khan Nasir, editor of the Urdu…
The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age
In her new publication, The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age, Martha C. Nussbaum…
Multiculturalism in Europe
After the rise of multicultural policies in the 1980s and 1990s, the winds have shifted in Europe. Terrorist attacks in…
Alawites, Alevis, and Assad
n a recent article in The New Republic, Soner Cagaptay discusses how Syria's sectarian divisions could exacerbate current divisions in Turkey.
Protecting freedom of religion in the secular age
I want to start with a paradox. In the secular age, as Charles Taylor has amply illustrated, religious belief no…
The problem with the history of toleration
The problem with the history of toleration is not that no one is studying it. There is now a rapidly…