Kafila

We look forward eagerly to your visits and your comments, including political/intellectual criticism.

But:

1. Personal attacks are not okay! Passionate, even angry critiques are great, but you want to hold off on the invective. This is an online forum, not a prize contest on the bad words we are sure everyone knows.

2. We want Kafila to be a forum in which we can explore complex ideas together. Polarised for/against debates or WWF-type slanging matches help nobody.

3. All of us who write here have an investment in the issues posed in Kafila. So for us these exchanges are not merely academic or for point-scoring.

4. We are a collective of equals and do not have a CEO. The posts published on Kafila belong to their authors. The author of a post has the right to deal with comments on a post made by her or him.There are four of us who share admin work but we merely help the rest and do not take decisions for them.

5. Comments posted on Kafila are held for moderation and may take up to 24 hours to appear.

• The authors of posts reserve the right to not publish a comment, to delete one after having published it, or to close a thread.
• We do this but rarely. Our archives speak of our tolerance; our only concern is to keep the debate civil. This is in accordance with points 1 to 3 above.
• While authors are not bound to explain their decision, we try as far as possible to ensure that all voices and views are given fair airing.
• Off-topic comments, that is, comments that are in no relation to to posts or the discussion, may also be disallowed.

6. Should you excerpt from our posts in part or full, we request you to give credit to the post author and a link to the post.

7. The views expressed by us on Kafila are our own and are not necessarily endorsed by the organisations we are associated with.

Welcome again and join us in the conversation.

This page was last updated on 1 November 2008.