
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…
Read MoreJust as I finished Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood, which is a very extended attack on…
Read MoreFrom religious violence to fear of contagion to economic and racial injustice: taking full measure of what we are up against.
Read MoreA mild-mannered schoolteacher doubles as an education-defending Muslim heroine.
Read MoreWorsening situation of Burma’s Muslims is instructive.
Read MoreMany analysts misunderstand the jihadi message.
Read MoreTaseer’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.
Read MoreWhat was the spiritual harvest of the month of fasting, prayer, deep reflection, and discipline?
Read MoreMany commenters are proving the Pew Poll right: we know very little about Islam.
Read MoreAn 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.
Read MoreA 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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