Add to ORKGRepression of discourse through direct and indirect governmental power and through measures that appear entirely reasonable when viewed in isolation but that weave a tapestry of intimidation and suppression when looked at as a whole over time are central themes of the article. Along with these themes is consideration of the right of Western cultures to preserve and protect the essential principles of their societies in the face of what I am calling reverse colonialism. The concern is that there are fundamental differences between Western societies grounded on post-Enlightenment values comprising a secular natural law and pre-Enlightenment Islamic systems that operate according to an explicit belief in divine natural law. The...
Around the world approaches by Muslim governments to introduce secularisation and create national co...
In this article, Meer tentatively delineates three ways in which he understands that the concept of ...
This article argues that blasphemy laws and a cultural relativist approach to human rights have a po...
Repression of discourse through direct and indirect governmental power and through measures that a...
In this article, I engage with the current security debate on the conceptual understanding of the Is...
Terrorism is the threat of the age, or so we are told. The threat, at least as much as the reality, ...
The article deals with the peculiarities of the representation of the clash of the Western and Islam...
Like locating fault lines to determine where earthquakes are apt to develop, examining the history o...
Is Islamic fundamentalism a political myth, or is it a challenger civilization, as Samuel Huntin...
How, when and why do secular states intervene in religious traditions, and what happens when they do...
In this Lecture, it is argued that a significant factor behind the recent rise of so-called Islamic ...
This article suggests that, in the wake of the events of September 11, it would be an error for soci...
As the sixth year of the US-led war on terror rages on, it would appear that few constructs are more...
Since the Industrial Revolution in the late eighteenth century in England, all traditional cultures ...
Fear of the late modern world has been a major factor in the rise of authoritarianand violent religi...
Around the world approaches by Muslim governments to introduce secularisation and create national co...
In this article, Meer tentatively delineates three ways in which he understands that the concept of ...
This article argues that blasphemy laws and a cultural relativist approach to human rights have a po...
Repression of discourse through direct and indirect governmental power and through measures that a...
In this article, I engage with the current security debate on the conceptual understanding of the Is...
Terrorism is the threat of the age, or so we are told. The threat, at least as much as the reality, ...
The article deals with the peculiarities of the representation of the clash of the Western and Islam...
Like locating fault lines to determine where earthquakes are apt to develop, examining the history o...
Is Islamic fundamentalism a political myth, or is it a challenger civilization, as Samuel Huntin...
How, when and why do secular states intervene in religious traditions, and what happens when they do...
In this Lecture, it is argued that a significant factor behind the recent rise of so-called Islamic ...
This article suggests that, in the wake of the events of September 11, it would be an error for soci...
As the sixth year of the US-led war on terror rages on, it would appear that few constructs are more...
Since the Industrial Revolution in the late eighteenth century in England, all traditional cultures ...
Fear of the late modern world has been a major factor in the rise of authoritarianand violent religi...
Around the world approaches by Muslim governments to introduce secularisation and create national co...
In this article, Meer tentatively delineates three ways in which he understands that the concept of ...
This article argues that blasphemy laws and a cultural relativist approach to human rights have a po...