Lessons in religious intolerance
By Khaled Diab Using offensive images of Muhammad in the context of a lesson on blasphemy is entirely justifiable pedagogically,
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The unlikely demonisation of Salman Rushdie
By Khaled Diab Salman Rushdie made a very unlikely target for the fury of conservative Muslims, which is why the
Read moreIslam for Donald Trump and the politically incorrect
Mr Trump, if you really want to know “what the hell is going on” with Islam, I invite you and all the other bigots out there to join me on a mind-expanding journey through Islam(s), passing through the main thoroughfares and back alleys of history, society, culture, politics, theology and, above all, people.
Read moreIs atheism Egypt’s fastest-growing ‘religion’?
Despite the risks, more and more atheists are coming out of the closet in Egypt, emboldened by the revolution’s ethos of freedom and dignity.
Read moreEgypt’s women of mass destruction
Does a gaff about rural women’s breasts belie the belief among Egypt’s new Islamist leadership that women are the source of all society’s ills?
Read moreThe mash of civilisations
There 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 moreRevolution@1: The Egyptian army’s mutiny against the people
Egypt’s junta and its army of collaborators have betrayed the Egyptian revolution, but the people will rise again.
Read moreScandinavia: is the far right far off?
Home-grown terrorism in Norway, a resumption of border controls in Denmark and an increasingly immigration-weary Sweden. Is right-wing politics taking hold in the once-tolerant Nordic countries?
Read moreThe fall of Egypt’s symbol of progressive Islam
Joining itself with an authoritarian regime caused harm to the millennium-long history of al-Azhar University.
Read moreFatwa fads
From fashion tips to adult breastfeeding – rulings by some clerics range from the eccentric to the downright bizarre.
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