Religion and Social Media Platforms
In Al Mesbar Center’s ninety-eighth monthly book, Religion and Social Media Platforms, we attempt to answer some urgent questions on ...
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Spain and Islamist Movements: from the Victory of the FIS to the Arab Spring
by Ana I. Planet and Miguel Hernando de Larramendi -- Although concerns about political Islam in the western world can ...
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Israel and the Arab Spring: Understanding Attitudes and Responses to the ‘New Middle East’
From the outset, the Arab Spring has taken the world by storm. It both challenged the political status quo in ...
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U.S. Policy and the Muslim Brotherhood
by Steven Brooke -- On June 24, 2012 Mohammed Morsi, a candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood, won Egypt’s first presidential ...
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Germany and the Muslim Brotherhood
by Guido Steinberg-- Germany’s policy towards the Muslim Brotherhood consisted of a domestic and a foreign policy dimension ever since ...
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France and the Islamist Movements: A Long Non-Dialogue
by Jean-François Daguzan -- France has a unique relationship with Arab countries and particularly with North African (Maghreb) states. To maintain ...
Read moreAl-Azhar and Egypt’s Copts: From Defensive Relations to Constructive Dialogue
by Vivian Fuad It is not easy to trace relations between Al-Azhar and Egypt’s Coptic Christians -- particularly since the revolution of January ...
Read moreChristian Proponents of Equality Under Ottoman Rule
In a new paper published by Al-Mesbar Center, George Massuh, Chairman of the Center for Christian-Islamic Studies at the University ...
Read moreIbadis in the Sultanate of Oman: Religious and Sectarian Coexistence
(The following is a summary of a paper on Oman's Ibadi sect, published in Al-Mesbar's 93rd monthly book. For an executive summary ...
Read moreThe Jews of Kuwait: Presence, Status, and Emigration
(The following is a summary of a paper on the history of the Jews of Kuwait, published in Al-Mesbar's 93rd monthly book, Sectarian ...
Read moreWomen of the Gulf and Yemen: Rights, Religion, and Islamism
The ninety-seventh edition of Al-Mesbar’s monthly book series — Women of the Gulf and Yemen: Rights, Religion, and Islamism — ...
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