Irfan al-Alawi

‘Hajj Hackathon’ betrays Saudi confusion

31st August 2018 By Irfan al-Alawi

Muslim believers should be alarmed at more Saudi tinkering with the basics of Islam, even while they prove themselves so incompetent in statecraft. ... Read Full Article

Reform or repression? Saudi’s new ruler plays both ways

6th June 2018 By Irfan al-Alawi

The pattern is clear: granting alleged reforms while attempting at the same time under the radar to reinforce control. ... Read Full Article

This appointment won’t stop extremism

30th January 2018 By Irfan al-Alawi

The defeat of radical Islam won't come through the efforts of a small industry of report-writers and statistics collectors, writes Dr Irfan al-Alawi. ... Read Full Article

JENNY JAMES TAYLOR specialises in religious literacy and was appointed Research Fellow in Communication, Media and Journalism at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge in 2019. A Bloomsbury author and campaigner she pioneered religious literacy in journalism, founding Lapido Media in 2005 as a publicly subscribed online newspaper and publisher. Described by historian Tom Holland as 'groundbreaking', it helped to change the national secular discourse by providing resources for journalists needing to ‘get religion’ in an age of globalization. Widely travelled, Taylor has a doctorate in religion from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has been published many times in academic journals and the mainstream and on-line media including the Guardian, the Times and, in translation, the European press. Her books include Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular’ Britain with Lesslie Newbigin and Lamin Sanneh (SPCK 1998 and Wipf&Stock 2005) and A Wild Constraint (Continuum 2008), an extended essay on contemporary sexuality. An Associate of the Community of St Mary the Virgin, she lives where she was born, in Suffolk.

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