Fluidity in the Middle East, Rigidity in International Media
Growing up in Egypt in the years preceding the Internet, the phrase “the BBC said” meant to most Egyptians that...
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References of a Terrorist Mentality: Resources and Ideas
Islamist movements draw on a range of historical and contemporary source materials to fuel their ideologies. In 2013, one study...
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Salafism in China and its Jihadist-Takfiri strains
Introduction: Through the ages, Islam to China was introduced and influenced by Chinese Muslims visiting Muslim lands and visiting Muslim...
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Iran Monitor
By Joseph Braude In today’s Wall Street Journal, Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, predicts the collapse...
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The Sanctity of the “Rule of the Islamic Jurist” is Shaken
Ongoing protests in Iran — targeting an ideologically rigid regime informed by a religious idea — have their roots in...
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Exploiting the Narrative of Victimhood
In the last few years, and especially after the 9-11, the idea of a widespread, relentless, and endless attack on...
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Christmas, Rome, and the Simplification of Jihadi Attacks
In the last few weeks, the Islamic State has been sending warnings that new attacks could be carried out on...
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Child Recruitment in Armed Groups
The most vulnerable victims of the scars of war — whether physical, psychological, or cultural — are children. One type...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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