Articles — The Revealer

Rethinking Mali's Political Culture

June 28, 2012

by Alex Thurston The MNLA and Ansar al Din have dominated the headlines about Mali this spring and...

June 11, 2012

by Alex Thurston A recent story from Nigeria, one that touches on both marriage and shari’a, offers the possibility...

June 6, 2012

by Alex Thurston Government-run Islamic schools, then, are to be a source of “counter-radicalization” as well as a means...

May 13, 2011

Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arab Proverb According to The Forward, it's tough times for...

November 20, 2010

In news story after news story, the fear of Islam -- and specifically of "creeping" Shari'ah law --...

November 4, 2010

Elissa Lerner: Have you been losing sleep over the crippling anxiety that Islamic law might one day trump Constitutional...