World Political Cycles, Global Terrorism, and World Development Arno Tausch* Abstract In this article, we draw some optimistic, socio-liberal conclusions about Islam in the world system. Countering some alarmist voices in the West, neither migration nor Muslim culture are to be blamed for the contemporary crisis, but...
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The imbalance of power in Arab countries allows regimes to stay in control virtually unchallenged by non-violent opposition groups. Without a break in the stalemate between the key players—ruling establishments, moderate Islamist movements, and secular parties—democratization is impossible.
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Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics Authored by Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur. Efforts to separate HAMAS from its popular support and network of social and charitable organizations have not been effective in destroying the organization, nor in eradicating the will to resist among a fairly large segment...
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20 years after the fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie, Islamism has the West more firmly in its grip than ever before. By Thierry Chervel The Koran tells the truth – says the Koran. The Koran is just a story say “The Satanic Verses”. They...
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Savoir et pouvoir dans l’espace arabo-musulman d’hier et d’aujourd’hui Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh Le sultan et le savant sont deux figures centrales de la « culture sultanienne » entendue comme un champ de normes et de valeurs présentant une certaine unité dans le monde arabo-musulman. Il y a...
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Defeating Jihadist Terrorism by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly Winter 2010, pp. 3-13 Islam must seem a paradoxical religion to non-Muslims. On the one hand, it is constantly being portrayed as the religion of peace; on the other, its adherents are responsible for the majority of terror...
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The Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, winner of our intellectuals poll, is the modern face of the Sufi Ottoman tradition. At home with globalisation and PR, and fascinated by science, he also influences Turkish politics through links to the ruling AK party Ehsan Masood Prospect 26th July...
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Essay: Sadiq Al-Azm The Syrian intellectual Sadiq al-Azm proposed Self-Criticism after the Defeat to the Arabs in 1968, and in the following year a Critique of Religious Thought. He sees a third way for the Muslim faith between radicalism and state Islam Literal readings of...
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“I would rather live in America under Ashcroft and Bush at their worst, than in any “Islamic state” established by ignorant, intolerant and murderous punks like you and Mullah Omar at their best.” A thought-provoking, controversial, pre-war article by Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D.,...
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Prof. Dr. Christian W. Troll Honorary Professor at St. Georgen, Graduate School of Theology and Philosophy, Frankfurt/Main Conference of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung It seems sensible to start by shedding light on the background context and then to define the broader...
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Ramin Ahmadov The election results on November 3, 2002, which brought the Justice and Development Party into power, shocked many, but for varying reasons. Afterwards, some became more hopeful about future of their country, while others became even more doubtful and anxious, since for...
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