July 23, 2024
Hassan Abbas— Throughout the history of the Muslim world, the way Islam has manifested and operated within various societies has taken many forms. Religious scholars and clergy have enjoyed positions… READ MORE
July 18, 2024
M. Jan Holton— The recent Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson determines that the rights for persons without home to sleep in public without fine or arrest, even… READ MORE
July 16, 2024
The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate is Muhammad Rashid Rida’s best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thought. Simon A. Wood has made The Caliphate or… READ MORE
July 11, 2024
David Ebony interviews Michael Lobel, author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature In his latest book, Van Gogh and the End of Nature, author Michael Lobel situates Vincent… READ MORE
July 8, 2024
Originally published in 2004, Gus Speth’s Red Sky at Morning warned the approach being taken to address global climate change was doomed to failure. In this essay, Speth reflects on the continued… READ MORE
July 5, 2024
Timothy Garton Ash— As our small group of European experts stood with President George W. Bush on the Truman balcony of the White House one fine May day in 2001,… READ MORE
July 4, 2024
This 248th Independence Day, also known as Fourth of July, marks the historic day American colonists declared their freedom from Great Britain and adopted the Declaration of Independence. Our Independence… READ MORE
July 1, 2024
Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, eludes easy categorization. In Bigger: A Literary Life, Trudier Harris examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence… READ MORE
June 27, 2024
Alan Mikhail— Between the street and the building was a large black wrought-iron fence. On the inside of this one of Egypt’s millions of border markers, two paths led into… READ MORE
June 26, 2024
Evan Mawdsley— Sea power is back in the news. In April 2022, the cruiser Moskva was sunk by Ukrainian anti-ship missiles. Since last November, American and British warships have actively… READ MORE
Deobandism, Islam and the Religious Narratives of the Taliban
