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A collection of 37 posts

Identity: Islamophobia

Muddled Cameron Swerves Hard Right

From the archive (2011): Cameron’s ‘muscular liberalism’ — values rhetoric as exclusion, answered since less by argument than by civic capability.

Identity: Diaspora

The Brutal Killing of Aqsa Parvez

From the archive (2007): on the killing of Aqsa Parvez — precision about the crime, honesty about the community questions, both at once.

Identity: Islamophobia

Denmark's obsession with Muslims

Cumhuriyet yesterday [21 November 2006] reported that Denmark, which started a crisis when one of its newspapers printed cartoons of Prophet Mohammed(PBUH), has included the phrase “All terrorists are Muslims” in primary school textbooks. Cumhuriyet claimed the textbooks used in Denmark’s schools teach about Islam under chapters titled

Identity: Islamophobia

Denmark Incident: the sinister conclusions

From the archive (2006): the cartoons affair and the selective breaking of taboos — an asymmetry now running at machine speed, answerable only institutionally.

Identity: Community

As QeRN predicted - Turkey trying to find its identity

Sep 4, 2004 – When Europe ran out of excuses, it told Turkey to stay Muslim. Turkey obliged. History is being made. Erdogan defends adultery-law change (courtesy Al-Jazeera) Saturday 04 September 2004, 17:20 Makka Time, 14:20 GMT Erdogan says the stronger the family, the stronger the country Turkish Prime

Identity: Dialogue

The Trouble with Islam: A Discussion

From the archive (2003): the Manji debate — internal critique processed defensively, and the scholarly depth that metabolises it on the merits.

Identity: Dialogue

A glimpse into the versatility of Islam

From the archive (2003): Islam’s versatility across cultures — adaptability that was always the work of scholars and institutions, era by era.

Identity: Dialogue

Open Letter in Response to Salman Rushdie

From the archive (2002): answering Rushdie with pity, not outrage — measured response as the dividend of scholarly confidence.

Identity: Community

Islam attracts Rwanda survivors (courtesy MSNBC)

RUHENGERI, Rwanda, Sept. 23 – The villagers with their forest green head wraps and forest green Korans arrived at the mosque on a rainy Sunday afternoon for a lecture for new converts. There was one main topic: jihad. THEY FOUND their seats and flipped to the right page. Hands flew in

Identity: Islamophobia

Documentary: Mulla Umer, Amir-ul-Momineen

From the archive (2002): watching an ARY documentary on Mullah Omar critically — the seed of what, institutionalised, becomes media literacy.

Identity: Islamophobia

Bush is beaten at his own game

From the archive (2001): a polemic on ‘greatness’ as practised in 2001 — kept as a register of the moment, with the sober answer worked out since.

Identity: Islamophobia

Questions that beg answers

From the archive (2001): the questions of the weeks after 9/11, kept unedited — the discipline of public questioning, worth keeping and teaching.