There are “seeds of freedom” in Islam that can be cultivated only if we see them as indications of broader truths.
Mustafa Akyol
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May 29, 2020
Fifteen years after the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy, the underlying tension surrounding free speech is still present in Danish society.
Feb 28, 2019
A Muslim Enlightenment might take root in the West more than anywhere else.
Feb 1, 2019
What blasphemy laws tell us 30 years after “the fatwa,” and 40 years after the Iranian Revolution.
Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute focusing on public policy, Islam, and modernity. He is the author of Why, As a Muslim, I Defend Liberty (2021), Reopening Muslim Minds (2021), and The Islamic Jesus (2017).