Peter Riddell

ANALYSIS: Malaysia's progressive Muslims want a secular future

by - 1st March 2017

Emerging or tottering? Malaysia’s prosperity faces a religious test
Emerging or tottering? Malaysia’s prosperity faces a religious test

TWO weeks after the abduction of a protestant pastor near Kuala Lumpur, PROFESSOR PETER RIDDELL talks to minority leaders about the tensions they live with.

Turkish scholars break new ground in Hadith study

by - 27th January 2017

Behind the Turkish Hadith project: Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Behind the Turkish Hadith project: Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan

DR PETER Riddell lauds one valuable step on a long journey towards a genuinely critical examination of taboo subjects in Islam.

ANALYSIS The Marrakesh Declaration avoids hard questions

by - 26th February 2016

EXCITEMENT greeted a recent peace initiative for Muslim-majority countries – but would Prophet Mohammad himself have signed up?