Changes in Gambia Threaten Its Traditions Of Pacifist Islam

(OPINION) The Muslim-majority West African nation has historically had high religious freedom, but changes to its Constitution and growing territorial control of terrorist groups could threaten that.

Africa, Analysis, Opinion, PoliticsPaul MarshallMarch 7, 2020Gambia, West Africa, Paul Marshall, ISIS in Africa, Religious freedom in Africa, Lamin Sanneh, Beyond Jihad, pacifist Islam, Islam, terrorism, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, Islamic Maghreb Comments

How Christianity's roots in Africa help racial reconciliation in America

A crowd of diverse scholars and Christian influencers gathered in the Central Presbyterian Church on the Upper East Side to remember the life and legacy of the late Dr. Thomas C. Oden.

Dr. Lamin Sanneh, legendary figure in religious thought and civil rights, has died at 76

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Dr. Lamin Sanneh.

News, North America, AfricaMelissa HarrisonJanuary 7, 2019Lamin Sanneh, Yale Divinity School, Secondary Feature, News, Melissa Harrison, Christianity

Fatwas on Social Mixing: the UK Government’s new integration strategy (Part 2)

(COMMENTARY) In part two of her look at the UK Government’s new integration strategy, Dr. Jenny Taylor examines how the ground is set in Britain for a showdown between the secular state’s need to govern its disparate peoples but without a religion to bind it together. Religio means ‘to bind’ but in the UK, despite historical precedent, the majority do not believe and the religions that there are have their own versions of transcendent accountability.

Religion, Europe, OpinionDr. Jenny TaylorApril 29, 2018Jenny Taylor, Commentary, Iqbal Bhana OBE, Muslims, Lamin Sanneh, Green Paper on Integrated Communities, Trevor Philips, Race and Equality Commission, Opinion, integration, Islam

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