Islam in South Korea: Testimonies, Challenges and Terrorism
Introduction In its book “Islam in South Korea: Testimonies, Challenges and Terrorism” (Book 209, May 2024), Al Mesbar Studies and...
Effective Security Sector Reintegration: linking DDR and SSR in addressing Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)
Executive Summary DDR programs typically attempt to address the post-war surplus of combatants in three ways: by collecting, managing and...
Taking Apart the Islamic State’s Ideology
Although ostensibly drawing on Islamic principles, the IS ideology distorts them to spawn a separate worldview not captured simply by...
Religious Feminism: the Expansiveness of Text and the Fence of Reality
Over the years, the Al-Mesbar Center has shown a persistent commitment to highlighting the role, both imagined and real, that...
After July 25th in Tunisia: Islamism and the State
In its 179th book, released in November 2021 and titled After July 25th in Tunisia: Islamism and the State, the...
Afghanistan after the American Withdrawal: The Harvest of Extremism
In its 178th book, released October 2021 and titled Afghanistan after the American Withdrawal: The Harvest of Extremism the Al-Mesbar...
The Mutated Taliban: Incubators of Extremism and the Question of Transformation
In its 177th book, released September 2021 and titled The Mutated Taliban: Incubators of Extremism and the Question of Transformation,...
Mending the Historical Record of the Iraq War
The Abu Ghraib scandal was the Mỹ Lai of the Iraq War. Like the horrifying events of March 16, 1968 in...
Hardline Movements and the Hijacking of Societies: Nazis, Fascists, and the Muslim Brotherhood
In its 176th book, released August 2021 and titled Hardline Movements and the Hijacking of Societies: Nazis, Fascists, and the...
Islamist Sources: The Roots of an Industrial Movement
In its 175th book, released this July, 2021 and titled Islamist Sources: The Roots of an Industrial Movement, the Al-Mesbar...
Mending the Historical Record of the Iraq War
It has long since become U.S., Western, and international myth, or “urban legend”, that the George W. Bush Administration--Bush 43...
