Islam

Debates about Islamic reform loom larger as Ramadan approaches

Reform of Islamic jurisprudence was the elephant in the room when two prominent Saudi clerics recently clashed publicly on whether…

1 week ago

Bahrain prosecutes religious reformers: traditionalists fight back

Gulf autocrats are trying to squash calls for reform of Islamic law with three Bahraini men on trial. Redha Rajab,…

3 weeks ago

Saudi columnists bolster calls for reform of Muslim religious law

Taliban bans on women’s education and employment by foreign aid organisations operating in Afghanistan are having unintended consequences. The bans…

1 month ago

Who are genuine Muslim moderates? Separating the wheat from the chafe

If you think Islamic scholars discussing the religious legitimacy of the United Nations and the nation-state will put you to…

1 month ago

To engage or not engage. Hindus and Muslims suss each other out

Moderate Muslims and militant Hindu nationalists are strange bedfellows at the best of times, particularly when they come together to…

2 months ago

Throwing darts

At first glance, Islamic scholars discussing the religious legitimacy of the United Nations and the nation-state sounds esoteric. It's not.…

3 months ago

Is genocide against the Indian Muslims a myth or a tangible reality?

A professor at the Manipal Institute of Technology in Udupi district asked a student for his name and then said,…

4 months ago

Behind lofty declarations, major Muslim and Hindu groups compete for power

As Indonesia passed the chairmanship of the Group of 20 (G-20) to India earlier this month, major Muslim and Hindu…

4 months ago

Protests in Iran

Weeks ago, massive protests erupted in Iran against the killing of student Mahsa Amini, after she fell into a coma…

4 months ago

Indonesian Muslims gamble on problematic ties to Saudi government vehicle

Nahdlatul Ulama, arguably the world’s only Muslim mass movement propagating a genuinely moderate and pluralistic form of Islam, has forged…

5 months ago