Qarmatians, Assassins, and Political Islam
by Mansour Alnogaidan Through the prism of Arab historical memory, the massacre in Egypt’s Sinai last Friday was nearly a...
The Attack on Egypt’s Al-Rawdah Mosque: Local Tragedy, Regional Pathology
by Abdulrahman Al-Trairi At least 305 people were killed after more than two dozen of militants detonated bombs and opened...
Child Recruitment in Armed Groups
The most vulnerable victims of the scars of war — whether physical, psychological, or cultural — are children. One type...
Jihadism in Europe: A return to old-style recruitment
*sara brzuszkiewicz Three months after the August 17 attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, it is necessary to take stock of...
From Al Mesbar Monthly Book Muslims in Australia: History and Policies of Multiculturalism
http://mesbar.org/book/muslims-australia-history-policies-political-diversity/ By comparison to European and American diaspora communities, which have been studied prolifically, Islam and Muslims in Australia have...
The State in Arab and Islamic Theory: Roots and Challenges
The concept of the nationstate did not enter Arab political discourse in earnest until the second half of the twentieth...
Is the Islamic State likely to return to the al-Qaeda model?
After the Islamic State’s crushing defeats in Iraq and Syria, a few analysts have begun to suggest that this could...
The Bin Laden diaries: inside the home of al-Qaeda’s mastermind
The CIA has recently released a massive trove of files belonging to deceased Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The data,...
Is the Islamic State likely to return to the al-Qa`ida model?
by Sara Brzuszkiewicz After the crushing defeats that Da`ish has experienced in Iraq and Syria, some analysts started to believe...
Civil War Monuments: Take All the Idols Away
by Adam Garfinkle It’s a pity that sometimes the best solution to a political conflict is simply not practical. There...
Egypt and the Gulf: Higher Education as a Bulwark Against Radicalization
by Sara Brzuszkiewicz In September 2018, the first branch of al-Azhar outside Egypt will open in El-Ain. This is an...
