Articles — The Revealer

In the News: Tunisian Politics, Miss Universe, Apocalyptic Thinking About Syria, and more

September 11, 2013

A round-up of religion in the recent news.

On Piety: Egypt, Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood

September 4, 2013

By Maurice Chammah The popular image of Egypt split by religious and political loyalties belies a subtle story of...

The Different Kinds of Hunger: Ramadan at Guantanamo

August 7, 2013

By Sajida Jalalzai. A hunger strike at Guantanamo during Ramadan reveals contradictions about religion, ethics, and prisoners' rights.

Searching for God and Justice in Mexico's Rebel State

May 28, 2013

Press accounts about Muslims in Chiapas state have failed to understand the complexity of faith in the region, writes...

A Marked Life

March 4, 2013

By Saba Imtiaz In 1984, Pakistan's military ruler, General Zia-ul-Haq, changed the country's Constitution, making it a crime for...

Ahbash Rising: Religious Freedom in Ethiopia, Part 2

January 18, 2013

Protests in Ethiopia could have profound ramifications for Muslim-state relations in Ethiopia and beyond, writes Alex Thurston in the...

Ahbash Rising: Religious Freedom in Ethiopia, Part 1

January 7, 2013

In the first of two posts on the deterioration of religious freedom for Ethiopia's Muslims, Alex Thurston looks at...

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...

Daily Links: 'Bout Time Edition

September 20, 2012

Ross gets it right? The Revealer has made no secret of its feelings on much of Times columnist Ross...

Review

Let's Get Radical: a review of The Light In Her Eyes

July 13, 2012

by Rachel Riederer It’s difficult for me to conceive of the memorization of scripture as even a mildly progressive...

Bad Sudanese? A "Marginal Revolt" is Underway

July 12, 2012

by Alex Thurston Should Sudan’s protesters topple President Omar al Bashir, I believe the media would get excited, but...

Schooling Muslims in Northern Nigeria: Politics, Policies and Conclusions

June 6, 2012

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

Islam's Mighty Wind

May 4, 2012

From Peter Brown's review of the Met's "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th Century)," at The New...

Education as Battleground: Schooling Muslims in Northern Nigeria

April 10, 2012

by Alex Thurston This post is the first of a series on Muslim schooling in Northern Nigeria. Steady acts of violence...

Progress and Rat Poison in Morocco

March 19, 2012

Some rights gains are never permanent. By Amy Levin As the climate...

Feature

Identity, Crisis: Shari'a Law in Nigerian Politics

March 5, 2012

by Alex Thurston In 1999, Nigeria...

Muslim Attitudes

February 22, 2012

Comment by NYU assistant professor/faculty fellow Jeremy Walton on yesterday's New York Times article, "Koran burning in NATO Error...

After the Referendum:Sudan Negotiates National and Religious Identity in the North

December 7, 2011

By Alex Thurston The secession of South Sudan in July 2011 posed an existential question for (North) Sudan: what will...

Daily Links: Don't Call It a Comeback

December 5, 2011

Media in the West love the narrative that godless, Communist Russia eventually fell to the relentless, holy hand of...

Muslim Drag

November 15, 2011

Amy Levin: What would Muslim drag look like? Something like this? Yesterday, the AHA Foundation shared a...

Teaching FBI Agents Bias

November 14, 2011

Nora Connor: For a time after 9/11, the FBI seemed to stand out among the many government agencies with...

Dangerous Temptations

November 9, 2011

From Nidhal Guessoum's "New Media and Islam" at HuffPo: Similarly, the Los Angeles Times recently related the strong reactions expressed by...

What Secular Space?: The Met Hedges Muslim

November 4, 2011

Ashley Baxstrom: If you’re in New York (and if...

99 Muslim Comic Sunday

October 14, 2011

Mary Valle: The 99, a comic series created by Naif Al-Mutawa, has gained popularity in the rest of...

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