Salman Rushdie and the Islamic Punishment for Blasphemy
For centuries, the orthodox Muslim view has been that those who insult Muhammad must be summarily killed.
Gordon Nickel
· 14 min read
Islam
A collection of 40 posts
From Playboy Sports Star to Islamist Politician: The Strange Turn of Imran Khan
A further irony is that while Khan presses ahead with entrenching Islam in every nook and cranny of the polity and society, other Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, are toning down the hard-line version of Islam that they have long promulgated.
Rumy Hasan
· 6 min read
Life With the Muslim Brotherhood: One Woman's Story
“It’s like the story of the boiling frog,” she says. “The water gets warmer and warmer and she always tells herself she can jump out any time."
Lorenzo Vidino
· 14 min read
Against Literalism—'The Satanic Verses' Fatwa at 30
The intermingling of elements—culture, language, religion—is celebrated, while the concept of purity in identity and culture is repudiated as too constricting.
Daniel James Sharp
· 9 min read
How a Feminist Prophet Became an Apostate—An Interview with Dr Phyllis Chesler
Dr Phyllis Chesler has never been afraid to be unpopular.
Louise Perry
· 11 min read
Identity, Islam, and the Twilight of Liberal Values—A Review
Rather than exposing and opposing the damage done by Islamism in the West, soi disant liberals, leftists, and progressives have acted as its supporters and cheerleaders.
Rumy Hasan
· 6 min read
Feminism's Blind Spot: the Abuse of Women by Non-White Men, Particularly Muslims
Some feminists in the West insist that the veil—not just the hijab, but also more restrictive coverings such as the burka—should be seen as not only benign, but actually empowering.
Louise Perry
· 10 min read
How Intersectionalism Betrays the World’s Muslim Women
The progress of Muslim reformers, dissidents and apostates is hindered by leftists that use cultural relativism as a basis for their activism.
Omayma Mohamed
· 9 min read
Denmark's Blaspheming Mother
Immigration, Islamism and integration are salient issues even in the happiest place on earth.
Andy Ngo
· 9 min read
Quillette Podcast 22 – Liberal Muslim Irshad Manji discusses her new book Don't Label Me
Jonathan Kay talks to Irshad Manji, a gay, progressive Muslim, about her new book Don’t Label Me in which she urges all sides in the culture wars to listen more carefully to each other. She also reflects on the journey she’s been on, from an aggressive combatant in
Quillette, Irshad Manji
· 1 min read
How Sweden's Blind Altruism Is Harming Migrants
In terms of culture, Afghanistan is the opposite of Sweden.
Mustafa Panshiri
· 11 min read
Want to Change the World? First, You Have to Listen to It
In rhyming this off, we’re “raising awareness” about the collective action that good citizens can take in the face of a repellant ideology.
Irshad Manji
· 5 min read
ISIS Bride Should Be Judged for What She Did, Not Who She Is
The two processes may begin similarly, but in grooming gangs emotional manipulation very quickly progresses to rape, torture, and threats of murder.
Louise Perry
· 8 min read
Against the Militancy of the French 'Decolonial' Movement
We call on public authorities, heads of cultural, academic, scientific, and research institutions, but also the judiciary, to pull themselves together.
Quillette
· 6 min read
"Jihadists"—A Review
In the ongoing debate over terrorism, Jihadists offers a timely reminder of why theology matters.
Robin Simcox
· 9 min read