Politicizing Islam: Exploring Means and Objectives
The role of Islam in government continues to be a pressing issue in many Muslim societies, The Stimson Center reports. Since the Arab Spring that began in 2010, the world… Read more »
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Kleptocracy not only a problem of ‘faraway, nasty countries’
A sorry parade of arms smugglers, oligarchs, defense contractors, mafia dons, drug dealers, gambling fraudsters, sanctions breakers, and kleptocrats emerge from the Panama Papers, journalist Alan Rusbridger writes for The… Read more »
On extremist ideology, Saudis are ‘both arsonists and firefighters’
There is a broad consensus that the Saudi ideological juggernaut has disrupted local Islamic traditions in dozens of countries — the result of lavish spending on religious outreach for half… Read more »
Political violence pushes Bangladesh close to ‘democratic collapse’
Al Qaeda and Islamic State have both sought to gain a foothold in this predominantly Muslim nation of 160 million people, and experts worry that Bangladesh is ill equipped… Read more »
Islamists corrosive to Pakistan’s fragile democracy
On Easter Sunday, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), killed over 72 people and wounded hundreds in an attack on a Lahore park, demonstrating that the… Read more »
Antidote to jihadism debunks ISIS ideology
European researchers and Indonesian kiyais – traditional religious scholars – are collaborating to develop theological arguments to debunk the ideology of radical groups like Islamic State (IS): The University of… Read more »
Exploiting Disorder: al-Qaeda and the Islamic State
A purely military approach to countering violent jihadist extremism risks entrenching the resentment and victimization of Sunnis and deepening chaos, according to a new report from the International Crisis Group (ICG). The… Read more »
Saudis facing similar problems to collapsing Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia has ordered the segregation of men and women in local council meetings, in a setback to women’s rights in the ultraconservative kingdom, The Wall Street Journal reports. The… Read more »