مناقشات
Taming the gods: religion and politics
At the 2013 Jaipur Festival, Ian Buruma,Reza Aslan, Ahdaf Souief and Timothy Garton Ash in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury talk about the relationship between religion and politics and how to deal with religious threats to free speech.
“Al-Azhar’s “Bill of Rights
Folllowing the Arab Spring, a venerable Islamic institution’s new Statement on Basic Freedoms suggests where sharia law may (and may not) be compatible with international conventions to guarantee free expression.
The defamation of religion
Three human rights experts scrutinise the defamation of religion, which they argue misses the point by protecting faith rather than the often vulnerable holders of faith
?Does Salman Rushdie exist
"The one thing not at issue in the Jaipur controversy was some theologically motivated attack on the freedom of expression," writes academic Faisal Devji
الإسلام بين حرية التعبير وخطاب الكراهية
ينبغي أن يلغى إعدام المرتدين ولكن ينبغي اعتبار اهانة الدين كجريمة، يكتب رجل الدين الإيراني محسن كديور.
حالات للدراسة
Is the European Court of Human Rights merely defending the uncontroversial?
A famous case of state censorship in Austria highlights the tendency of governments to pander to the majority, leaving controversial views unprotected. By Michele Finck.
Did the Strasbourg court allow too much for local taboos?
At the European Court of Human Rights, the case of I.A. against Turkey in 2005 acted as a controversial precedent for limiting Article 10’s definition of freedom of expression in the name of religion, explains Michele Finck.
What’s your beef with my freedom to eat it?
The issue of eating beef and pork has always been contentious in India. Manav Bhuhshan discusses why it is an issue of caste discrimination and a restriction on freedom of expression.
Why Pussy Riot’s church protest was mere political dissent
Raising a “religious youth” in Turkey
