By Tehmina Kazi

British Muslims for Secular Democracy released a guidance booklet for schools at our “Free Muslims: Autonomy and Creativity” conference this year. The aim was to guide teachers through the maze of religious and cultural issues affecting Muslim pupils (which, admittedly, also leave many Muslims feeling confused at the best of times). We have addressed subjects from forced marriages to sex education, from school dress codes to making allowances for Friday prayers.

By Nadeem F. Paracha

The most convenient understanding of the phenomenon of Pakistani extremists that one hears being echoed from TV studios suggests that young Pakistanis turning into religious fanatics has something to do with illiteracy and unemployment. Though not entirely incorrect, this notion however is a complacent explanation.

By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

The proceedings at the Deobandi ulema’s recent conference in Lahore must be studied less for its expected refusal to condemn suicide bombings and more for the insight it gives into the psyche of a large section of our powerful ulema community.

By Kalsoom Lakhani

Wednesday morning. You walk bleary-eyed to the metro to get to work. The sidewalk is bustling with other morning commuters, a sea of black suits and unfashionable commuter sneakers (you are in Washington, D.C. after all). As you are about to get on the escalator, you grab a copy of the Express, the Washington Post’s free commuter newspaper. This is enough to jolt you awake: