Sightings Articles
Liberalism’s Identity Irresolution
The premise of state neutrality has given rise to identitarian conflict that cannot be resolved by appeals to the fundamental rules of the social order....
May 31, 2024
Extremism and Defense of Democracy
If we focus on policing acceptable political ideas via the state, we do more to undermine democracy than to secure it....
December 2, 2021
Seeing a Religious Left
Exploring the vibrancy of the religious left and how secularism has hindered our ability to “sight” it...
June 29, 2020
Rethinking Blasphemy in Indonesia and the Fiqh Tradition
World media have reported on the blasphemy conviction of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian governor of Jakarta known as Ahok, with familiar oppositions of liberal-democratic norms and hardline Islam. Fears of the sharīʿa transgressing into the pu...