Rewriting Indian Legends

December 31, 2012
Meera Subramanian The people on the streets of Delhi, are saying: We won’t disappear.

In The World

December 14, 2012
By Natasja Sheriff On breaking the deafening silence surrounding two international human rights and climate change events.

In The World

November 30, 2012
By Natasja Sheriff From Tibet, Burma and India, the first of a weekly round-up of religion-related news from around...

Lebanon: War, Peace and Pluralism

November 6, 2012
"The relationship between Lebanon and Syria is intricate and complicated, and the chaos in Syria presents serious challenges for...

To Hajj Without an Escort

October 16, 2012
By Alex Thurston During the week of September 24, Saudi Arabian authorities detained and subsequently deported over 1,000...

A Theory of Ethical Blasphemy

October 11, 2012
By Austin Dacey The claims of the believer and the claims of the blasphemer, so-called, are symmetrical.The value motivating...

A Spiritual Defense of "Impiety"

October 8, 2012
by Austin Dacey The trick with monotheisms is that competition comes not just from neighboring gods, but even from...

Are Salafis "Conservative"?

August 21, 2012
by Alex Thurston The media’s use of the term “ultraconservative” is also connected with some Salafis’ support for implementing...

A Human Right to Blaspheme?

July 30, 2012
by Austin Dacey Do you have a human right to blaspheme? Ask a philosopher and you may get two...

Salafism for Dummies

July 26, 2012
by Alex Thurston Suddenly, Salafism seems to be everywhere: mainstream Salafism, political Salafism, Wahhabist Salafism,

The Globalization of Blasphemy

July 18, 2012
by Austin Dacey The Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1837 by the Indian Law Commission...In their commentaries,...

How Blasphemy Got Personal

June 25, 2012
by Austin Dacey Fifty-six years before Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses thrust blasphemy into the spotlight of Western...

Getting Past the Pirates

June 20, 2012
Joe McKnight: The neo-colonial overtones of the Heritage Foundation’s report, “Saving Somalia: The Next Steps for the Obama...

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