Muslims have been demonstrating from North Africa to Southeast Asia, often violently, over the film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad. But, in America, Muslims have been virtually silent over the video Innocence Of Muslims. Why the subdued response in the U.S.? Jonathan Brown, an assistant professor of Islamic studies at Georgetown University, offers one theory….
The Archbishop of Canterbury has sought to defuse the bitter row over what he appeared to claim was the unavoidable adoption of sharia law in the UK by conceding that his controversial comments may have been unclear and “clumsily deployed”. Whilst taking full responsibility for his part in the highly damaging episode, which resulted in…
Martin Amis defended himself yesterday against allegations of Islamophobia, insisting it was necessary to “build all the bridges we can” with moderate Muslims, who he said constituted the majority within the faith. Jonathan Brown reports.
