Amyn B. Sajoo

Amyn B. Sajoo lectures in the humanities and social sciences at Simon Fraser University, and is the author of Muslim Ethics: Emerging Vistas (2008).

Faith in rights: ethics of the public square

Human rights cannot thrive globally without the support of pluralist religious theologies that are in tune with public culture. In Muslim settings, this means that the shari’a free itself from a narrow traditionalism that has displaced a strong heritage of inclusive and egalitarian ethics. A contr

By Amyn B. Sajoo

/ 14 May 2014

Kate, hate, and “brutal display”

The idea that any public interest is served by these choices is absurd, no matter which side of the Mediterranean one is perched.

By Amyn B. Sajoo

/ 20 Sep 2012

Civility and its discontents – or how not to think about pluralism

Ah, the fragrance: liberalism handing out bouquets in the British House of Commons, a week after the appalling 7 July bombings in central London. Tony Blair, attacking an "ideology

By Amyn B. Sajoo

/ 18 Jul 2005