terrorism

For the past three weeks, The Cubit has explored blame in the twenty-first century. We approached scholars, scientists, policy experts, and theologians to ask how blame takes shape in the contemporary…

This article is part of It’s Your Fault, The Cubit ’s series on blame in contemporary society. In this essay, RD associate editor Michael Schulson analyzes the patterns of blame that emerge in the…

“I know that not all Christians are right-wing extremist terrorists, but why are all right-wing extremist terrorists Christians?” This is the question I’m never asked. But as somebody who actually…

Forget the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should worry about “death-qualifying” the jury.

The recent arrival of ISIS in the international spotlight has demonstrated once again that there is no easy way to talk about religious extremism and the martyrs, real or imagined, that it produces…

The latest gruesome video released by ISIS showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, just thirteen days after the execution of James Foley, is a stark reminder – if such reminders…

Nothing is as conducive to global radical mobilization as an exclusive theological summons.

For decades, Jewish leaders outside of Israel have publicly supported the Israeli government, but they have expressed regret for the souls lost on both sides. Is that rhetoric changing?

How a meeting with Muslim youth leaders led me to realize I had cynically underestimated a slogan’s power.

Nigeria is arguably the most important country in Africa. With 175 million people, it’s certainly the most populous. And Nigeria has the biggest GDP on the continent, largely due to its oil reserves…