Archive - Rethinking Islam

Secular fascism isn’t ‘liberalism’

The question “Can You Force People to Be Free?” is irrelevant to liberalism. If anything, liberalism “forces” oppressors — even if they may be elected …

Dec 13, 2022 •

Mustafa Akyol

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November 2022

What the Middle East needs is liberalism. But it needs a proper definition

A letter series with Shadi Hamid, on liberalism, democracy, and illiberal democracy.

Nov 28, 2022

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Rethinking Islam in its direst age

Once upon a time, the Islamic civilization was the most open, dynamic, creative, and tolerant part of the world.

Nov 22, 2022 •

Mustafa Akyol

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