Islam

The Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), an Istanbul-based nonprofit research center affiliated with Istanbul Zaim University (IZU), will host its...

Explaining the cause and character of one’s religious or national identity is often like constructing a rather large, if not intimidating, jigsaw puzzle....

In her book, Inside the Greater Jihad, the American scholar of Islam, Amina Wadud, states: “If you think the difference between heaven and hell is 45...

In a 2005 essay in the Boston Review, the late historian Howard Zinn traced the notion of American exceptionalism from the earliest European settlements in...

As minorities, Muslims in the United States and other Western countries face extreme pressure to conform to “liberal” values. This pressure typically comes...