In The Media

To engage the Taliban, the US needs an honest debate on Sharia law

August 25, 2021

Mahan Mirza, executive director of the Keough School’s Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, highlights the need for radical empathy and religious engagement as […]

Capitol crisis calls for a pastor-in-chief

January 15, 2021

The January 6 insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, DC, is just the beginning. It came as advertised; it was televised; and the perpetrators are […]

From Mecca to Mitt: Religion, politics, and COVID-19

May 6, 2020

The second caliph of Islam, ‘Umar b. al-Khattab (r. 634-644 CE), is reported to have said that even if a dog were to die on […]