विचार - विमर्श
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”
The Islamic institution’s Statement on Basic Freedoms outlines where sharia law must overlap with international conventions to guarantee free expression.
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 historian Faisal Devji.
Islam between free speech and hate speech
The execution of apostates should be annulled but insulting religion should be recognised as a crime, writes Iranian cleric Mohsen Kadivar.
Irshad Manji on Allah, Liberty and Love
The director of the Moral Courage Project says so-called "respect" for Muslims is often lined with fear and "low expectations" of those practising the faith.
मामले का अध्ययन
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.
मेरे खाने की स्वतंत्रता के साथ आपकी क्या परेशानी है?
बीफ और पोर्क खाने की रोक के विरुद्ध में भारत में लड़ाई लड़ी जा रही हैं। मानव भूषण चर्चा करते हैं कि क्यों यह जातिगत भेदभाव का मुद्दा है और अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता पर प्रतिबंध के रूप में देखा जा सकता है।
Why Pussy Riot’s church protest was mere political dissent
Raising a “religious youth” in Turkey
