Hindustan Times
We banned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, and provided the moral justification for a barbaric fatwa on his head by Iran’s then spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Read more
(40 votes, average: 3.98 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bajrang Dal, Gautam Chikermane, Heehs, India, Iran, Jaipur Literature Festival, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, MF Husain, Orissa, Pondicherry, Qatar, Salman Rushdie, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, The Satanic Verses
In a fascinating book, a brilliant mind argues for something that I personally abhor — mixing religion and politics. Backed by strong intellectual rigour, Miroslav Volf in A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good lays out what he hopes to achieve.
(8 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged atheism, Christian, Gautam Chikermane, Hinduism, hindustan times, jihadi Salafi ideology, Judaism, Miroslav Volf, news, Sayyid Qutb, Yale Center
