The challenges of saving Islam from an ISIS mentality
THE SIMPLE, DEVOUT Muslim understands that his religion commands what is good, beautiful and merciful, and forbids all that is…
Is there a way in for democracy in Arab Muslim societies?
AT THE BEGINNING of the 20th century the first motor car entered Baghdad arriving from Aleppo, and at the wheel…
The case for Islamic reform – 2
Japan free of ‘hysterical taboos’: A concert of European Music by Yōshū Chikanobu (1838–1912) EVERY TRUE REFORM is a matter…
Religious Delirium on Women – 1
BUT WHAT IS TO BE DONE? One has to combine two complementary strategies: leave the veiled students to study and…
The case for Islamic reform – 1
ACCORDING TO IBN QUTAYBA consensus – that is, the consensus of the nation’s élite (or legislative powers in the contemporary…
A Manifesto for Reform
REFORM IS A QUR’ĀNIC TERM, where it appears ten times mostly in the sense of ‘reparation’ between men, or ‘restoration’…