Beyond The Pale: How Taliban Literalism Violates Basic Islamic Mandate

Taliban return to power has been disastrous for women

The literalist obsession of the Taliban with criminal law violates basic Islamic mandate for egalitarianism based on kindness, mutual respect, and forgiveness

Nahdlatul Ulama: World’s Biggest Islamic Org Dedicated To Inter-Faith Unity

Nahdlatul Ulama is the world’s biggest Islamic organisation and an antithesis of forces such as the Taliban

Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s biggest Islamic organisation, is an antithesis of the Taliban but it is hardly known perhaps because its progressive ideas do not fit into the dominant narrative about Islam particularly when Islamophobia is lucrative and many demagogues globally have tapped into it for political power