Is Hagia Sophia a symbolic bridge or wedge?
The Hagia Sophia must not become a mosque. If its status must change, it should become a space of tolerance, where both Christian and Muslim worship.
Read MoreThe Hagia Sophia must not become a mosque. If its status must change, it should become a space of tolerance, where both Christian and Muslim worship.
Read MoreGiven how many New Atheists, Christian fundamentalists and neo-cons share a distorted view of Islam and Muslims, it’s high time for a War on Error
Read MoreMuhammad’s self-appointed defenders take offence on his behalf, but the prophet would’ve tolerated Charlie Hebdo and condemned the savage murders.
Read MoreThe murderous Paris attacks have reignited fears of “Islamisation”. But Islamic civilisation is encoded in Europe’s cultural and intellectual DNA.
Read MoreThere is no conflict between Islam and the West – only clashes of interests between and within them. But there is a very real mash of civilisations.
Read MoreAs a clash of idiocies erupts over the depiction of Muhammad in an obscure Islamophobic film, it’s time for a sober look at the man behind the prophet.
Read MoreBestselling Israeli historian Shlomo Sand on identity politics, political despair, why Lieberman is right… and drowning sorrows with Mahmoud Darwish.
Read MoreSome in the west are more likely to believe in elves in Middle Earth than in Arab men in the Middle East who are secular and do not oppress women.
Read MoreMalta’s complex heritage is living proof that cultures mash more than civilisations clash.
Read MoreThe “clash of civilisations” has been massively overblown. It’s blinded us to the fault lines which lie within cultural groups.
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