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Shiites, not Jews, emerge as a touchstone of Saudi moderation
Saudi Arabia has removed anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli references from Islamic studies schoolbooks, according to an Israeli textbook watchdog.
The watchdog, the Institute for Monitoring Peace...
Culture wars bubble under Arab surfaces
Religious conservatives and nationalists in the Muslim world and beyond have the wind in their sails. So do Arab autocrats, even if they increasingly...
Are Muslim religious conservatism and political Islam making a comeback?
Little did Elianu Hia know that a video he posted on Facebook in early 2021 would shape Indonesian policy and turn his life upside...
LGBT campaigns through pop culture and the Indonesian LGBT Movement
Support for equal rights for the LGBT community through mainstream media and pop culture has become increasingly widespread in the last few decades. Starting...
Sustainability Dilemma for Muslim’ Festive and Earth Day 2023
This year - last week, Muslims all over the globe were facing a dilemma as they celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of fasting month...
Confronting problematic tenets of religious law: Judaism could follow Islam
Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and others have been comfortable for over two decades. Post-9/11, international attention focused on perceived Islam problems that supposedly breed violence.
What...
Putting Hindu nationalists on the spot
An Indian Supreme Court ruling coupled with calls by Indian Muslims for an end to sustained Islamophobic attacks on the world’s largest Muslim minority...
A battle for the soul of Islam plays out in a Bahrain courtroom
This week, there was more at stake in a Bahrain courtroom than the fate of three free speech advocates.
At stake was a fundamental question...
Reforming Islamic jurisprudence shapes the battle to define moderate Islam
The world’s largest, most moderate Muslim civil society movement has called for abolishing the concept of a caliphate in Islamic law.
In a radical break...
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 apostasy was punishable with...