Islam, Freedom of Religion and the Recent Attacks in France and Austria by Jihadists
Islam, Freedom of Religion and the Recent Attacks in France and Austria by Jihadists Author: Irfan Engineer Irfan Engineer is the ILN India Fellow. He has been director for the Center for Study of Society and Secularism since 1995 and editor at the Indian Journal of Secularism since 1996. He was awarded the Peace Ambassador […]
Islam and Freedom of Religion
Islam and Freedom of Religion Author: Irfan Engineer ILN India Fellow, director for the Center for Study of Society and Secularism since 1995 and editor at the Indian Journal of Secularism since 1996. He was awarded the Peace Ambassador Awardby Universal Peace Foundation and has several project reports and different publications like Surat Riots, Centre […]
Hudood Laws need a new theory Probably Hashim Kamali has produced one !
Hudood Laws need a new theory Probably Hashim Kamali has produced one ! Author:Ali Salman is CEO & co-founder of Islam & Liberty Network. Mohammad Hashim Kamali’s name needs no introduction in the field of Islamic law. Now 76, originally from Afghanistan, he has spent last three decades in Malaysia, initially at the International Islamic […]
Going Beyond Religious Tolerance to Tackle the Roots of Religious Discrimination
Going Beyond Religious Tolerance to Tackle the Roots of Religious Discrimination Author: Ismail Kurun is PhD candidate in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Ankara University. He is the author of The Theological Origins of Liberalism (Lexington, 2016) and many articles. His research investigates the philosophical foundations of free and virtuous society. Islam today is commonly […]
Talking About Religion
Talking About Religion Author: Hasan Yücel Başdemir* “Differences among my community (ummah) is a blessing for the people.” Prophet Muhammad Religion is one of the most fragile and tense areas in human relations. It is in the same situation at the discussions over the television programs and social media. Discussions are generally about the secondary […]
Syriac Orthodox Church and Religious Affairs in Turkey
Syriac Orthodox Church and Religious Affairs in Turkey Author: Bugra Kalkan* The news about Syriac Orthodox churches in Mardin, a historical multi-cultural city in the south-east Turkey, have shown again that how religious liberty is still so fragile in Turkey. According to the Agos Newspaper, after Mardin became a metropolitan municipality, its villages were officially […]
Report on the Clash between Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression Webinar organized by the Center for Study of Society and Secularism in India
Report on the Clash between Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression Webinar organized by the Center for Study of Society and Secularism in India Author: Neha Dabhade “Clash between Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression, mapping the contours of the Conflict in France” is a Webinar organized on November 3rd by the Center […]
Religious Persecution Over Time and Countries
Religious Persecution Over Time and Countries Author: Bugra Kalkan* Is religious persecution a unique phenomenon in Muslim-majority countries? Of course, not! Christian-majority countries and other-majority countries have also serious religion related violence issues. But this does not mean that there is no problem concerning Muslim-majority countries. As a matter of fact, Brian Grim and Roger […]
Mu tazila Defenders of Reason in Islam
Mu tazila Defenders of Reason in Islam By Joel D. Hirst At the very beginning of Islamic theological history a group of mutakalliman (the word for theologian in Islamic tradition) in Baghdad and Basra, in an attempt to defend their new religion from external detractors and internal corruption, developed “the first systematic thought-out creed for Islam”; […]
Islam without Extremes A Muslim Case for Liberty
Islam without Extremes A Muslim Case for Liberty * A review of Mustafa Akyol’s “Islam Without Extremes” by Muhammad Ali Siddiqi A THEME now dominating new works on Islam is a forceful denunciation of its perceived takeover by the conservative — ‘traditionalist’ — school that came into being centuries after the revelation of the Holy […]
