religious extremism

Lebanon’s Holy Gatekeepers of Free Speech

Lebanon’s Holy Gatekeepers of Free Speech

When religious fanatics in Lebanon aren’t fighting one another, they make the best war comrades against modernity, secularism,...

6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Joumana Haddad
Salman Rushdie, Aziz Nesin and our Lingering Fatwas

Salman Rushdie, Aziz Nesin and our Lingering Fatwas

Storyteller Sahand Sahebdivani remembers the late Turkish firebrand Aziz Nesin who wanted to translate Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic...

22 AUGUST 2022 • By Steve Sabella
A Beheading for the Prophet and a Reckoning for France

A Beheading for the Prophet and a Reckoning for France

Jordan Elgrably on rising tensions in France and in the Arab/Muslim world follow Samuel Paty's beheading at the...

26 OCTOBER 2020 • By
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