Islam, Reason and Freedom


Liberty and the Islamic faith are sometimes alleged to be incompatible, but does history tell a different story? How can Islam play a role in protecting liberty in the modern world? In this panel discussion, Ali Salman, Dr. Abdullah Ali, and Mustafa Akyol consider the interaction of Islam with free markets, entrepreneurship and the history …
In a lecture titled “Islam and Freedom: The Challenge and The Hope”, Mustafa Akyol—senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity—discusses political and social problems that exist in the Muslim world, including authoritarianism and terrorism, and the prospects for finding ways to strengthen the idea of individual liberty within the Islamic …