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Life in the Shrine

February 7, 2013
The fearful narratives surrounding West African shrines and the ‘wives of the deity’ obscure the reality of these long-standing...

Iyad: An Epic of Modern Mali

November 8, 2012
Part three of Joe McKnight's series on the epic lives of Sundiata, medieval Malian ruler, and Iyad ag-Ghali, a...

San Pedro's Key

October 25, 2012
Special for The Revealer: Alexander Zaitchik travels to Ecuador where he experiences the highs and lows of a local...

Iyad: An Epic of Modern Mali

October 23, 2012
Childhood and Exile: Rebel Politics and the Politics of Hunger. This is the second in a series comparing...

Iyad: An Epic of Modern Mali

October 16, 2012
By Joe McKnight One name kept repeating itself: Iyad ag-Ghali, leader of Ansar Dine. It seems to me his...

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...

The Bullet That Doesn't Hit You

September 11, 2012
By Maurice Chammah Nasser had...wanted the state to protect journalists from the market, but could that be done without...

Bored at Work? We Can Help!

August 29, 2012
by Nora Connor For anyone who's wearing out their go-to internet-based procrastination safety blankets, I've got your back! In...

Girls are for losers.

August 23, 2012
Ashley Baxstrom: What do women want? Rich, successful husbands, duh. Husbands who will comfortably support them and their...

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,

Of Shrines and Syncretists

July 20, 2012
by Alex Thurston Teju Cole analyzes the destruction of the shrines by analogy: Mali is premodern Europe; Mali is...

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,...

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