Tag: Religion
35 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Egypt’s New Constitution: Challenges for Religious Freedom and Related Rights
Religion/State Article 2 of the new constitution includes the words, “Islam is the religion of the state…” These words were found in both the previous and the interim…
March 21, 2013
- Online Archive
Is Russia Becoming a Police State?
Last June, Putin signed a law imposing draconian fees on participants of unauthorized gatherings that violate “public order.” In July, laws were enacted which criminalized…
February 13, 2013
- Online Archive
- Society & Culture
The Deradicalization of Islamists
The probability that an individual will disengage or deradicalize appears to be inversely related to the degree of commitment to the group or movement. Commitment can be measured…
February 1, 2013
- Online Archive
The Place Of Mouridism In Senegalese Civil Society
In 1883, colonial rule precipitated the emergence of Mouride founder Cheikh Amadou Bamba, a Sufi standard-bearer, exile, and nonviolent critic of French authority. The city of…
January 17, 2013
- Online Archive
Jürgen Habermas on “Myth & Religion”
As a public intellectual he has also offered arguments in public debates about the “Historians’ Quarrel” in Germany, the role of religion in public life and the future of…
October 24, 2011