Robert Fisk on the Secular Popular Revolts (backed by secret Islamists? Er, no)
Robert Fisk’s op-ed in the Independent (Sunday, 20 February 2011) confronts the dominant Western government and media stereotype of the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Libya (and national...
View Article“My name is Khan, and I’m not a Terrorist”
by Deeksha SivakumarA recent controversy with Kamal Haasan’s movie Vishwaroopam elicited a lot of rage from Indian Muslim organizations.These groups felt that the movie portrayed Muslims in poor light,...
View ArticleDivided by Faith?
by Craig MartinIt seems to be a common sense notion that people fight over differing religious beliefs. Consider the following paragraph from an NPR news story, which I take to be typical:When Osama...
View ArticleIslamophobia and Antisemitism
by Tenzan EaghllIn a hundred years from now when historians and scholars of religion look back on the perceptions of Muslims between the later half of the 20th and the first half of the 21st Century I...
View ArticleReligion Clichés #3 and #4
by Tenzan EaghllNote: This post is the second in a series that seeks to summarize some of the clichés associated with religion. It is framed as a critique of a 1972 article by Ninian Smart. For the...
View ArticleReligion Clichés #5: Religious Past
by Tenzan EaghllNote: This post is the third in a series that seeks to summarize some of the clichés associated with religion. It is framed as a critique of a 1972 article by Ninian Smart. For the two...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo, “Free Speech,” and Critique
by Matt SheedyIt should go without saying that the massacre of journalists and police officers in Paris this past Wednesday is abhorrent, that the perpetrators should be brought to justice, and that...
View ArticleIs Your Group Oppressed?
by Steven RameyNote: This post originally appeared on the Culture on the Edge blog.“A war against Christianity,” a friend on Facebook asserted, as he pointed to examples in the United States and around...
View ArticleThe Social Functions of Obligatory Denunciations
by Craig Martin This post originally appeared on the author’s blog. In preparation for a new course I’m teaching this fall, I’ve been reading a great deal on Islam. I’ve surveyed both scholarly and...
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