Diminishing Returns: Sufi Shrines in Pakistan’s Politics
From Pakistan, Umar Farooq looks at the diminishing political role of Sufi saints and shrines in a rapidly urbanizing Pakistan. Continue Reading →
Category: In the World
Religion & Media Around the World
Hitting the Wall: Art in Pakistan
From Karachi, Saba Imtiaz reports on the art scene in Pakistan and the challenges artists face when they choose religion and politics as their themes. Continue Reading →
Erdoğan’s Faithful
In Istanbul, Jenna Krajeski talks to supporters of Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and finds that there is more to their loyalty than media portrayals suggest. Continue Reading →
Shahbag: Religion and Politics in Dhaka’s Public Square
By Nayma Qayum War crimes trials usher in a new era of religious politics in a nation still suffering the wounds of a brutal war. Continue Reading →
Believing in Russia
Irina Papkova reviews Geraldine Fagan’s “Believing in Russia – Religious Policy After Communism” Continue Reading →
The Different Kinds of Hunger: Ramadan at Guantanamo
By Sajida Jalalzai. A hunger strike at Guantanamo during Ramadan reveals contradictions about religion, ethics, and prisoners’ rights. Continue Reading →
Above Class and Clerics: The Saga of Heer Ranjha
By Saba Imtiaz In Pakistan’s Punjab province, shrines to the doomed lovers of epic sagas are not only testament to the allure of tragic romance, but a symbol of women’s struggle against patriarchy. Continue Reading →
Venezuela's Personal Jesus
In the weeks following the death of Hugo Chávez, thousands of his supporters flocked to Caracas to view his body. Ezra Fieser was there to learn more about the myth, the man and his “Jesus image.” Continue Reading →
Venezuela’s Personal Jesus
In the weeks following the death of Hugo Chávez, thousands of his supporters flocked to Caracas to view his body. Ezra Fieser was there to learn more about the myth, the man and his “Jesus image.” Continue Reading →
Poison in the Sangha
As violence spreads amongst Burma’s Buddhist majority and Muslim minority, Francis Wade meets U Wirathu, who calls himself the “Burmese Bin Laden,” and a former monk who rejects Wirathu’s message of intolerance. Continue Reading →