I was deeply disappointed to read Yvonne Haddad’s views (“Religion and Culture: Views of 10 Scholars,” The Chronicle Review, October 22), and I find it difficult to believe that she works at a center ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- When Saudi democracy activists circulated a petition recently calling for an elected national assembly, an independent judiciary and a crackdown on corruption, they received ...

In Islamic thought, the state should be only the public exponent of Islamic ideology, ensuring the security and well-being of the Muslim peoples, and enforcing the Law of Islam but itself subject to ...

Pundits have long been asking whether Islam is ready for a reform. The answer is that across the U.S., a quiet tide of Islamic reform is very much under way. In Chicago last year, the Downtown Islamic ...

A leading jailed Iranian political activist says the time has come for the Islamic government to leave, even if it takes some reforms such as repealing the deeply divisive mandatory hijab law. In a ...

Under the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, or “MBS,” women have been allowed to drive; co-educational classrooms, movie theaters, and all-night concerts in the desert – in which men ...

Four years ago, Mohammed Shakr sent his son away. Shakr (not his real name) lives in Baghdad, where he works as a translator, and he wanted the young man, Omar, to escape the oppression of Saddam ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Colonialism as a politico-economic agenda disrupted the entrenched lifestyles of African people leading to paradigm shifts. In sub-Saharan ...

President Bush addressed the United Nations General Assembly about the U.S. approach to fighting global terrorism, saying Islamic nations have an "historic opportunity" to adopt democratic reforms.

A coalition of Islamic groups have cautioned Muslim leaders and clerics across the country against undue interference in ...

This book examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the evolution of identity politics. Bridging African and Arab histories and giving a cross-national and cross-regional analysis of ...