Freedom of Religion as a Pre-condition?
t is not so long ago that Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior stated that Islam does not belong to Germany.
The Hunchback of Germany: Right Populism
The silence while mosques are continuing to be burnt down in Germany, the headscarf ban for Muslim teachers, and the endless debate as to whether Islam belongs to Germany or not are just a couple of events that have been unacceptable so far.
The Weakness of the Turkish Opposition
The strategy that the opposition blocks have embraced for the snap election is an important indicator of the weakness of the anti-Erdogan camp, which is composed of the secularist People’s Republican Party (CHP), the nationalist Good Party (IP, also known as Iyi Party), the Islamist Felicity Party (SP), and the Kurdish nationalist Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
Why Will Anti-Erdoganism Bring Defeat to the Opposition?
s Turkey moves towards its first presidential election, which will be held on 24 June, the political parties including the secularist People’s Republican Party (CHP), the nationalist Good Party (Iyi Party), the Islamist Felicity Party (SP), and the Kurdish nationalist Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have struggled to team up against the alliance between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Is Erdogan the Condorcet Winner in Turkey?
Hence, we can see President Erdogan on the ballot alongside challengers from a wide array of ideologies from ultra-nationalists to liberals, from conservatives to Islamists, from social democrats to socialists, from the sympathizers of the Kurdish question to hardcore Kurdish separatists, and so on.
Sisi’s Re-Election and the Western Stance: How the West Failed in Egypt
They have been losing the confidence of millions of Arabs in the Islamic world by supporting a regime that ignores democratic values.
The problem of minority representation in Europe
Even though they have larger Muslim populations and deeper historical roots with Islamic culture, the first quadruplet has extremely low or almost no Muslim representation.
What’s Behind the German Public’s Mistrust Against Turkey?
Due to a general and deliberate current trend in the Western world, people in Germany also increasingly prefer marginal-extreme right-wing political parties, discourses and their anti-Islamic positions.
Does Pentagon’s 2019 Budget Deny Trump’s Latest Syria Statement?
projection to stay long, the Justification for Fiscal Year 2019 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) foresees the U.
CHP’s Possible Strategies for the 2019 Election
In this respect, Erbakan’s party has a symbolic importance rather than its material contribution in terms of vote share since it might add an Islamic and nationalist dimension to a possible alliance.
From top of the CIA to US Secretary of State: Mike Pompeo
Pompeo’s Islamophobic discourse is not unknown to the world.
Presidential Elections in Egypt and the Future of the Authoritarian Regime
Although thousands of dissident civilians have been jailed, democratic values have been breached and a strict policy that disregards the freedom of expression and press has been pursued since 2013, Macron avoided issuing any criticism on these matters, which is significant in terms of displaying the Western countries’ general approach on Egypt and the Islamic world.
Germany’s Muslims urge solidarity after mosque attacks
Zekeriya Altug from the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs, one of Germany’s largest Muslim groups, regretted the lack of solidarity with the Muslim community.
French Secularism: Towards Republican Authoritarianism?
Islamophobia in Europe is not a new phenomenon.
The Political Economy of the “Post-modern” Coup
A consensus was formed between the military-civilian bureaucracy and large business groups along with their media affiliates who were all ideologically opposed to the Welfare Party’s Islamic discourses.
Turgut Cansever: In pursuit of wisdom through architecture
Architecture as an Islamic art form
Cansever offered a universal conception of Islamic art, which also applies to architecture, and defined it as "obeying the truth with no ifs and buts; staying away from wrongdoing; submission, modesty and conforming to the structure of existence; seeming as you are; contenting oneself with less; being conscientious toward God, all that means to build things not to impress others.
The Unknown Side of Boko Haram: How a Salafi Group Spread in Historically Sufi Northern Nigeria
In fact, the transformation of Islamic life itself can be regarded as the root cause that gradually gave birth to Boko Haram.
Iran and the YPG: Friends or Foes?
During Operation Olive Branch, the YPG has used, visually confirmed, Iranian weapons. Among them are Iran-produced 107mm rockets, which were…
A Divided Europe and Turkey
Alarmed by the rise of far-right and xenophobic parties in these countries, center parties embraced the arguments of the far-right, employed anti-refugee and Islamophobic rhetoric in their election campaigns and vowed to adopt a harsher stance against Turkey so as not to lose their voter base.
French Mayor bans “anti-republican” meals
Similar to the headscarf ban, Abdallah Zekri, head of France’s National Observatory Against Islamophobia condemned Sanchez’s decision, calling it “arbitrary and discriminatory.
