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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDo men have the exclusive right to interpret the Qur’an?In the millennium and a half since Islam’s advent, only men, and only Arab, or Arabic-speaking men, have interpreted...
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Published in: HomeInvestigate the Birmingham Trojan Horse affairThe Birmingham Trojan Horse affair has had serious consequences for public policy, but now the parliamentary...
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Published in: TransformationEmbracing holy envy: 'Allahu Akbar'We should not allow terrorists and bigots to hijack language in order to sow fear, ignorance and division.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBut what was so appealing about ISIS?What happened before, during and after the Tunisian revolution that made the Islamist morbid utopia seem possible...
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Published in: TransformationI’m a Muslim—ask me anythingHearing Muslims being ignorantly targeted is like waking up to see a cross burning on the communal front lawn. I...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe anti-Islamist campaign and Arab democracyEgyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: Fanon, race & politics - an interview with Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (part 2 of 2)Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAn Arab perspective on Channel 4’s "The State"A review of Channel 4's "The State", a show that takes ISIS as its subject and Syria as its backdrop. But does it...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor a secular interpretation of prophethoodThe conception of secularism has developed in a prolonged and convoluted historical path and has been so diversified...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaVicariously offended: the Dawkins controversy and the absence of Muslim voices
The only way to have a leverage in current debates around Islam is to have many strong and effective voices, to the...
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Published in: TransformationSix books Muslim (and non-Muslim) women should add to their reading listThese books on faith and feminism will force you to reevaluate your stereotypes of Muslims.
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Published in: TransformationCan universities still provide a transformative experience?At least for the purposes of surveillance and control, the possibility of being politically awakened by higher...
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Published in: TransformationIs it ok to criticise Islam?At what point does mocking someone’s beliefs become an attack on those who hold them?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKApologists for terror or defenders of human rights? The Cage controversy in contextThe attack on Cage is part of the more general assault on politically active Muslims and an attempt to push Muslim...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTaking racism seriously: Islamophobia, civil liberties and the stateRacism and Islamophobia are driven by the practices of the powerful. Self-proclaimed 'liberals' need to know this.
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Published in: TransformationHeretics and liberals: what Ayaan Hirsi Ali gets wrongPious protestations about Islam do nothing to further our understanding of the complex relationships between...
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Published in: TransformationIs liberal Islam the answer?If Islam needs to be seen through the eyes of the West in order to make sense of itself, how can it find the space...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy we hate our reflections: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic StateAl Saud might be afraid of many things, but the main threat to their survival comes from within their historical...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical Islam in neoliberal timesNeoliberalism devours other competing world-views through the commodification of cultural difference—turning a tidy...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe right to neighbourhood: way out of a sectarian quagmireIn Damascus there are no direct routes linking Jaramana to Mhajirin, or the Yarmouk camp to Sayyida Zayneb - each...
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