Can natural law then be reasonably understood as a response to a secular human rights agenda that religious conservatives may see as inadequately equipped to the respond to the challenges modernity has created? Continue reading Provincializing Natural Law and Secular Human Rights
In recent years, the right wing’s increased outward animosity towards Islam and Muslims has driven Muslims to become disillusioned with the conservative Republican party. Continue reading Reconsidering the Liberal Asylum
This piece is the final part of a three part policy report on the secularization of the Muslim mind. Continue reading Countering the Assault of Secularization
This piece is part two of a three part policy report on the secularization of the Muslim mind. Continue reading The US State and the Making of a Secular Islam
This piece is part one of a three part policy report on the secularization of the Muslim mind. This report aims to highlight a subtle yet existential threat to the Muslim community in America: an assault on the Muslim mind. Continue reading The Secularization of the Muslim Mind
Rather than providing useful insights about Islamic politics itself, dominant Western representations of political Islam merely reflect the anxieties of the intellectual and ideological milieu producing them. Continue reading Deconstructing Western Representations of Political Islam
“While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him.” Continue reading Dostoevsky’s Strange Ideas and the Modern Terrorist
Modern politics is characterised by a multitude of political differences. This reveals a profound ontological uncertainty we were promised would not happen. Continue reading Envisioning Politics Beyond Left and Right
With technological advances and breaking news hurtling towards us at hyperspeed, we are confronted with an onslaught of profoundly ethical questions. Continue reading The Secular Pretense: The State as God
Critics of Islamophobia, often left-wing activists, position themselves passionately against far-right hateful bigots, creating the mirage of the left being unconditionally allied with Islam and Muslims. Continue reading Progressive Muslims and The Right-Wing: An Alliance
