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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply hereThe UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: TransformationFrench secularism as failed social engineeringThe principle of laïcité has become a demagogic tool to reinforce narrow judgements about French identity and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReligion, class, and Turkey’s new leftA response to Kenan Malik, arguing that though he is right to worry about identity politics, in the case of Turkey...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIt’s not all about Islam: misreading secular politics in the Middle EastWestern policymakers once understood the dynamics of secular politics in the Middle East, but this knowledge has...
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Published in: 50.50Sharia law, apostasy and secularismOpposing religious fundamentalism is a dangerous political activity. It is not a distraction from ‘real’ politics -...
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Published in: TransformationIs secularism bad for women?Gender equality should not be pitted against religious freedom, so what kind of political arrangements could...
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Published in: 50.50Opposing political Islam in Tunisia: Mohamed Brahmi's widow speaks out
On the first anniversary of Mohamed Brahmi’s assassination, his widow, Mbarka Brahmi, denounces fundamentalism and...
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Published in: 50.50Islam and the "culture of offence": missing the point
In the age of ISIS, dissent and criticism of religion is a life and death necessity. It has been - and remains - key...
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Published in: 50.50To take a stand is more important than to take a distance
Instead of distancing ourselves from terrorist crimes, as progressive Muslims we should confront the ultra...
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Published in: 50.50Freedom of expression: a sacred rightThere is a disconnect between the teachings of the Qur’an and much of the Muslim population’s understanding of the...
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Published in: 50.50Progressive Muslims in a world of ISIS and Islamophobes
Ani Zonneveld, president of Muslims for Progressive Values, explains the struggle to organize progressive Muslim...
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Published in: 50.50Iran: a 'bloody stain' on the nationThe war on women continues to manifest itself in different forms and intensity globally; tarnishing all societies...
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Published in: 50.50The rise of political Islam in Turkey: how the west got it wrong
Only western pundits could have nurtured the hope that someone with strong loyalties to Sharia would also abide by...
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Published in: 50.50'Shariafication by stealth' in the UKAccess to justice is being denied in the UK in the shadow of neoliberalism and religious fundamentalism. Minority...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUnderstanding calls for reinstating the Islamic StateMaududi’s writings on implementing Sharia and Qutb’s radical approach contributed to Jihadist movements that have...
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Published in: 50.50Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali
Secularism is being challenged in several Sub-Saharan African states which have long guarded it as a principle of...
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Published in: 50.50La laïcité à l’épreuve dans les États laïques d’Afrique au Sud du Sahara : Les défis pour le Sénégal et le Mali
La laïcité est mise à l’épreuve dans plusieurs États d’Afrique subsaharienne qui l’ont gardé comme principe de...
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Published in: 50.50Conquering fear with hope: Secularism 2014
The Secularism Conference taking place in London this weekend is a chance to hear activists who are transforming...
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Published in: 50.50Promoting the global secular alternative in the ISIS era
While many of us watch in horror as ISIS advances, and fundamentalist ideas spread across religious traditions...
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Published in: 50.50From 1990s Algeria to Iraq today: trampling Islam underfoot in the name of Jihad
What is the ideology motivating alleged “warriors of God” to “trample Islam underfoot in the name of Jihad”?...
