Muslims are too rigid in our adherence to old, literal interpretations of the Koran. It's time to accept that God loves the faithful of all religions. It's time for Muslims to question our leaders and their strict teachings, to reach our own understanding of the prophet's words and to call for a bold renewal of our faith as a faith of goodwill, of peace and of light.

Muslims are too rigid in our adherence to old, literal interpretations of the Koran. It's time to accept that God loves the faithful of all religions. It's time for Muslims to question our leaders and their strict teachings, to reach our own understanding of the prophet's words and to call for a bold renewal of our faith as a faith of goodwill, of peace and of light.

Tunisian intellectual Lafif Lakhdar discusses the Arab identity crisis and education in the Arab world, in addition to other issues.

Tunisian intellectual Lafif Lakhdar discusses the Arab identity crisis and education in the Arab world, in addition to other issues.

These extremists are pathologically jealous. They feel like dwarfs, which is why they search for towers and all those who tower mightily.

These extremists are pathologically jealous. They feel like dwarfs, which is why they search for towers and all those who tower mightily.

For the past eight years, since he returned from a trip to Israel, Salem has been vilified by the intellectual establishment in Egypt. It is almost impossible for him to publish inside the country. Recently, he was not even invited to attend a performance of his own work.

For the past eight years, since he returned from a trip to Israel, Salem has been vilified by the intellectual establishment in Egypt. It is almost impossible for him to publish inside the country. Recently, he was not even invited to attend a performance of his own work.

In order to gain a critical understanding of the persistence of Islamic archaism and all its paraphernalia, one must approach it through the logic of its own history, as well as that of the Arabo-Muslim bourgeoisie of the 19th and 20th centuries, which is radically different from the process of European history and from the residual folkloric Christianity of the present-day West.

In order to gain a critical understanding of the persistence of Islamic archaism and all its paraphernalia, one must approach it through the logic of its own history, as well as that of the Arabo-Muslim bourgeoisie of the 19th and 20th centuries, which is radically different from the process of European history and from the residual folkloric Christianity of the present-day West.