By Ondrej Beranek and Pavel Tupek 1) Over the past years and decades, various parts of the Islamic world –…
Tag: religion
I was standing in a library aisle in the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, my neck craning to…
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Judging a book by its cover: Designing ‘The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy’
Can the contents of an academic book be expressed by means other than words? In centuries past, it was common…
A woman walks across a bridge. She is looking at her mobile. She seems to be in a hurry. Close…
By Tahir Abbas Turkey is a beguiling country. It straddles one of the most important geopolitical fault lines in the…
Politics, Philosophy and Religion
Muslims in Scotland: Demographic, social and cultural characteristics
By Stefano Bonino First published on the LSE Religion and the Public Sphere blog – read the original article Far…
“There are Muslims in China? I didn’t know that.” Yes, indeed, there are—possibly as many as 25-30 million souls—and they…
By Eva Pascal What do Buddhist monks and Christian friars have in common? Quite a bit, in fact. While travelling…
By Deanna Ferree Womack Images of Islam abound these days, and many of them are troubling. Those who speak loudly…
So when will Islam undergo a reformation? When will Muslims catch up with modernity and join the 21st century? Why…