Farah Adeed is an incoming Ph.D. student to the Department of Political Science at Boston University. He earned an M.A. in political science from San Diego State University and studies the role of religion in nation-building processes and democratization in Asia.
Posts by Farah Adeed
May 18, 2023
Paul D. Miller, a professor of the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University, has argued in a recent essay in
Christianity Today that Christianity is not necessary for democracy. Miller challenges “conservative evangelicals” who believe that “Christianity is
necessary for a free society.”
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July 28, 2022
Blasphemy laws pose a real challenge to religious liberty and democracy in several Muslim-majority countries, with 32 nations criminalizing blasphemy; in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, and Saudi Arabia, it is punishable by death.
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July 14, 2022
The rise of “Islamic extremism” in France, the reemergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the recent drift toward Islamist politics—political efforts to enforce an orthodox interpretation of Islam on society—in Turkey have revived the debate about Islam’s relationship with democracy and liberty.
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