The emergence of contemporary political Islam, or “Islamism”,1 from the late 1970s onwards, has confronted the Left with an enormous challenge. While standing in opposition to secularism and women’s ...

Anti-Muslim extremists and Muslim extremists appear to be sworn enemies, yet both are reflections of the same delusion. They use the same verses and reports, twist the same texts, and misrepresent ...

Dear Reader: the primary aim of my articles is to humbly offer education about the religion of Islam, with the hope that they foster greater understanding and harmony within the wider community. These ...

Like Christianity, Islam lends itself to a broad spectrum of religious and political... Like Christianity, Islam lends itself to a broad spectrum of religious and political beliefs. Georgetown ...

The Islam in Global Perspectives speaker series calls together experts from scholarly and activist backgrounds to examine how people use Islam as a globalized moral, legal, and cultural system. The ...

As the Islamic State tries to weaken Afghanistan’s new rulers, its propagandists are turning a spotlight onto the Taliban’s warming ties with neighboring countries. Perfidious China is committed to ...

Since its founding in 2014, the Islamic State has always been hostile to China. China’s well-documented repression of Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang features often in IS propaganda, especially ...

Manama: Islamic perspectives to ethical limits on artistic expression were highlighted at a public lecture presented by the Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) at Oxford University’s ...

Persian and other Islamic literature celebrated male homoerotic love as a form of divine longing – until Western moral codes ...