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Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol is a regular contributing opinion writer for The New York Times since 2013, covering matters of Islam in the modern world. His earlier books, Islam without Extremes (2011) and The Islamic Jesus (2017), have been reviewed and praised by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and the Economist. Islam without Extremes was long-listed for the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize literary prize, while being banned in Malaysia for challenging the “religion police.”


The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

Mustafa Akyol Considers the Theological Roadblocks to the Islamic Enlightenment
June 22, 2021  By Mustafa Akyol
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