Is Religion to Blame for Violence? Karen Armstrong’s Flawed Case
Just as I finished Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood, which is a very extended attack on…
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Top Five Toxic Religion Stories of 2014
From religious violence to fear of contagion to economic and racial injustice: taking full measure of what we are up against.
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“Burka Avenger”: Pakistan’s Middle Class Gets a Feminist Cartoon
A mild-mannered schoolteacher doubles as an education-defending Muslim heroine.
Read MoreNews Flash: Buddhist-Majority Countries Just as Complicated as Muslim-Majority
Worsening situation of Burma’s Muslims is instructive.
Read MoreWill bin Laden’s Killing End the Jihadi Trend?
Many analysts misunderstand the jihadi message.
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Blasphemy and Betrayal: The Murder of Salman Taseer
Taseer’s assassin shot him multiple times at point blank range in a public market and then waited to be detained, allegedly expressing pride in his actions to the media that quickly surrounded him. It is the issue of blasphemy and the symbolic nature of a much-publicized case involving Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of maligning the Prophet Muhammad, that brought Taseer so centrally into the public eye in recent weeks.
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God Bless Islam with Courageous Leadership
What was the spiritual harvest of the month of fasting, prayer, deep reflection, and discipline?
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What We Still Don’t Know About Islam
Many commenters are proving the Pew Poll right: we know very little about Islam.
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On the Taliban’s Hit List: An Exiled Pakistani Singer’s Plea to Save Music
An interview with a singer marked for death by the Taliban. Curiously, while the Taliban claims that music is a violation of Islamic law, they do have their own melodies and hymns.
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Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the Answer in Afghanistan
A gathering of senior scholars in the field agree that the US presence in South Asia invokes a colonial legacy and undermines peace.
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