Here are two stories—one of construction and the other destruction. While in China a Hindu temple is being built, the historic 40-metre tall Bamiyan style Buddha in Pakistan’s Swat valley is in the process of being reduced to rubble.   more »

“Islamizing” modernity instead of modernizing Islam – preposterous! worries Professor Mohammed Arkoun. A refuge in poor countries, a rejection of “tele-techno-scientific reasoning” in rich countries, religiosity is spreading in the world at the expense of humanist values and philosophical thinking. ...   more »