Reviving the historically friendly ties between Jew and Muslim could bring about an Abrahamic reconciliation.
Mustafa Akyol
The abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate left a vacuum which was filled by secular autocrats and reactionary Islamists.
There are “seeds of freedom” in Islam that can be cultivated only if we see them as indications of broader truths.
Fifteen years after the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy, the underlying tension surrounding free speech is still present in Danish society.
A Muslim Enlightenment might take root in the West more than anywhere else.
What blasphemy laws tell us 30 years after “the fatwa,” and 40 years after the Iranian Revolution.
Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow on Islam and modernity at the Cato Institute, and the author of the just-released The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together and Change the World. He can be followed on Twitter @AkyolinEnglish.