Mohammad Omar Farooq (BIBF): Self-Interest, Homo Islamicus and Some Behavioral Assumptions in Islamic Economics and Finance. From Vice, an interview with an ex-Muslim. Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran, and what she found wasn't what she expected. A review of iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam by Gary Bunt. Is Islam "worse" than any other religion? Reza Aslan on anti-Islamic feelings in the U.S. and how other faiths have faced down feelings of “otherness”. Is the new Islamophobia also anti-Semitism? A review of The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis by Robert Reilly. Is Mecca cashing in on its status as one of the world’s most important seasonal destinations — by reinventing itself as a centre of religious tourism? How the capitalist west has taken over the heart of Islam. A review of In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands by Martin Gilbert. With his George W. Bush-era travel ban revoked, Tariq Ramadan has now journeyed back to the United States, where his faith in faith has been put to the test by a painful year for American Muslims. Forbidden Love: An article on taboos and fear among Muslim girls. For the first time, an imam has joined the debate on the future of Islam in Europe with his own publication. A review of The Islamic World in the New Century: The Organisation of Islamic Conference 1969-2009 by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. Here are 5 ridiculous things you probably believe about Islam.
