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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Scholars at the 40th anniversary of Markaz-ul-Uloom, one of Nigeria’s leading Arabic and Islamic educational institutions, have called for urgent reforms in the curriculum of Arabic and Islamic ...

A coalition of Islamic groups have cautioned Muslim leaders and clerics across the country against undue interference in ongoing tax reform discussions, ...

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! Four decades on, the ...