Expertise in Countering Urban Street Gangs can be used to Fight Jihadists
Word is out that Washington’s traditional Arab allies, alarmed at rising terror threats, have been trying to counter jihadist groups...
The U.S.-Turkish Unraveling and the Arabs
Relations between the United States and Turkey have been poor for most of the past decade, at least as measured...
The Muslim Brotherhood and a Longing for Secrecy
Despite their denials of involvement in clandestine activity, many Islamist clerics are in fact quite active in Muslim Brotherhood organizations...
Why Should We Teach Philosophy?
The teaching of philosophy in the Arab world faces a double problem. The first relates to the fact that educational...
How the Hizmet works: Islam, dialogue and the Gülen movement in Australia
The story of the Gülen Movement in Australia has never been documented in any great detail and conse- quently is...
Terror and Stupefication
Consider the fact that, on March 23 of this year in Paris, two hoodlums murdered a Holocaust survivor, 85-year-old Mireille Knoll,...
Islam in Kurdistan: Sunnah, Shiites, Khorshids
While the Kurdish question has received due attention in Western scholarship and public discussions, a range of political and cultural...
Islamism in South Africa
Muslims were brought to the southern shores of Africa as slaves, political prisoners, indentured workers and traders, first from the...
Hisba in Europe?
In 2013, the European Foundation for Democracy published cutting edge research on Islamic policing in Europe entitled “Hisba in Europe. Assessing...
Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Centre turns 12
Al Mesbar is entering its 12 as a think tank specialised in the study of Islamic groups and movements, heir...
Rita Faraj
She is a Lebanese sociology researcher at Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre and a member of the Centre’s Editorial...
