Anti-extremism plan is law of freedom, says France PM
By AFP – Dec 09,2020 – JORDAN TIMES French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti waves after a press conference at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Wednesday (AFP photo) PARIS […]
How the UAE weaponised western fears of Islam to crush dissent
Andreas Krieg 30 November 2020 Abu Dhabi has capitalised on orientalist fears in the West to stigmatise “Islamism” as a catch-all phrase encompassing any form of extremist ideology coming out […]
Internet contributes to radicalism among young RI Muslims: Study
Ivany Atina ArbiThe Jakarta Post Jakarta / Sun, February 24, 2019 / Visitors use the computer in an internet café. (Shutterstock/File) A study suggests that […]
View from Turkey: Islamism, jihadism, and the Turkish elections
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal Erin Cunningham, the Washington Post correspondent in Istanbul, Shabtai Gold, a reporter for dpa international from Washington D.C., Howard Eissenstat of St. Lawrence University and the […]
Flynn: pro-Russia and fixated on Islamic extremism
Paul HANDLEY AFP February 14, 2017 View photos Donald Trump and Michael Flynn speak at a rally in Colorado in October (AFP Photo/) More Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned late Monday over his controversial contacts with Russia, is a former military intelligence chief […]
Ending Religious Violence in the Middle East
MOHA ENNAJI Moha Ennaji is President of the South North Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Migration Studies in Morocco and Professor of Cultural Studies at Fez University. His most recent books include New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe and Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe. FEZ […]
A Saudi View: Dialogue identifies causes of extremism
RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO Published — Sunday 9 November 20 Family negligence and a rigid approach to dealing with children were identified as part of the main cause of extremism in the Saudi society, according to resolutions adopted at first forum of this year’s King Abdul Aziz Center for National […]
ISIS is the latest of many Islamisms
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The frightening rise and expansion of ISIS, which has now triggered yet another round of American-led foreign military attacks in the Levant, continues to confound many in the region and around the world. Many ask: Where did these killers come from and where do […]
Staying in Afghanistan Is a Recipe for More Terrorism
Anthony W. Orlando HUFFINGTON POST Lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles Barack Obama is daring the terrorists. He’s standing in their front yard. He’s calling them out. Of course, that’s not how it’s reported. “U.S. ‘nowhere near’ decision to pull all troops […]
Islamism from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Islamism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the political Islamic movement. For the religion of Islam, see Islam. See also: Modern Islamic philosophy, Political aspects of Islam, and Islamic democracy Part of the […]
Mistaking Islamism for Islam
Source: The Ottawa Citizen BY FRED LITWIN AND SALIM MANSUR, OTTAWA We are daily inundated with news of horrors from the Arab-Muslim world to the extent that for many in […]
Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide
This is a recent book by Paul Marshall and Nina Shea(Oxford University Press, 448) In spite of its slightly agitated title, this book is mostly a cool and even-tempered human rights […]
Open letter to President Obama (on relationship between the Muslim World and ‘the West’)
Dr. Todenhoefer is requesting on his facebook page all of us to : PLEASE SHARE, PRINT, SIGN AND SEND THIS LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA! The President of the United States […]
Rached Ghannouchi says he doesn’t want an Islamic state in Tunisia. Can he prove his critics wrong?
The leader of the North African country’s largest political party defends it against accusations that it poses a threat to secularism in the birthplace of the Arab Spring by Robert Fisk, The Independent When Rached Ghannouchi met Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – before Mr Ghannouchi wisely exiled himself to London […]
Arab World: The house the Muslim Brothers built
By JONATHAN SPYER JERUSALEM POST The Muslim Brotherhood is set to embark on a push toward political power across the region. The recent events in Sinai are the latest evidence of Egypt’s rapid transformation under the ascendancy of the Muslim Brotherhood. They are only the most visible manifestation of the […]
Jihadi Nationalism: Will Pakistan Army undo Pakistan?
Express Tribune: Pak Army and Pak nationalism: by Khlaid Ahmad Pakistani nationalism, like all nationalisms, is based on what Ibn Khaldun called asabiya or the ‘group feeling’ that people living inside a state must […]
British secret agent was al-Qaeda mole who cracked new ‘underpants’ bomb plot
A British undercover agent infiltrated al-Qaeda, volunteered to be a suicide bomber and smuggled out the latest version of the deadly underpants bomb, it can be disclosed. The man, who […]
Why Islamism Is Winning
Source / Courtesy: NY Times By JOHN M. OWEN IV EGYPT’S final round of parliamentary elections won’t end until next week, but the outcome is becoming clear. The Muslim Brotherhood will most likely win half the lower house of Parliament, and more extreme Islamists will occupy a quarter. Secular parties […]
