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Indonesia can serve as an important model for the Taliban of how Muslim nations and faith-based organisations can play a big role in expanding girls’ education.
Nahdlatul Ulama is the world’s biggest Islamic organization, initiating a reform movement, which it is calling ‘Humanitarian Islam.’
Day 6 of our Understanding Islam series. Sharia constitutes a broad set of rules that guide Muslims on how to lead an ethical life. The way Sharia is interpreted depends on who is using it and why.
Deobandi Islam, the religious school that the Taliban draw their ideology from, was set up in 19th century India to educate Muslim youth.
The Taliban ‘expect a complete handover of power.’ Experts explain who the Taliban are, what life is like under their rule and how the US may bear responsibility for Afghanistan’s collapse.
Two decades have passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan toppled the Taliban’s Islamic extremist regime. Despite efforts to update its image, the group still holds hard-line views.
Sharia is often portrayed as being brutal and barbaric. However, in many parts of the world, women are using Sharia to stop oppressive practices.
Afghan women interviewed about current talks between the government and the Taliban say, ‘There is no going back.’ Taliban fundamentalist rule in the 1990s forced women into poverty and subservience.
In countries where people access different justice providers, a hybrid model could pull them together and ensure better oversight and human rights.
Some Islamic nations, including Brunei, have harsh punishments under Sharia. In pre-modern times, Sharia was rarely used as criminal law, and standard of proof for any prosecution was very high.
Brunei’s new anti-gay Sharia laws are the harshest in the world. Yet few countries have publicly condemned them, and an international boycott could backfire.
There is no inherent tension between Islam and democratic values. Like any use of religion in politics, the application of Sharia as law depends on who is using it – and why.
Trump recently tweeted about prayer rugs being left along the border. Many may not know the role and history of Muslim prayer rugs and why they are not likely to be left behind.
From Turkey to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women are battling for their rights - but religion is not at fault.
A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government’s plans for stability and prosperity.
Before Trump said he wanted to create a Muslim registry, there were a number of Islamophobic policies in place.
The first Islamist attack carried out by Mozambicans in the country is particularly surprising given the pride the country takes in its sound and relaxed inter-religious relations.
Muslim women in India struggle with a host of challenges, such as widespread poverty and lack of access to education. Arbitrary divorce was only one of many injustices.
Recent events in Indonesia should dispel any doubt about the rising influence conservative Sunni Islamist sentiment is having on the country’s laws.
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Reader in African history, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Modernity, School of Humanities and Communication arts, Western Sydney University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Exeter
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Sheffield
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Director, The Global Institute for Health and Human Rights, University at Albany, State University of New York
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PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate at the Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate at the School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, Australian National University
