Hostile Brothers: The Strained Morocco-Algeria Relations Only Serve to Destabilize North Africa
Morocco and Algeria have the same origins, namely Berbers with an Arab mixture, and they are mostly Sunni Muslims.
Why Are Some Countries Dragging Their Heels over Ratifying the Istanbul Convention?
Read: America’s Hyper-Surveillance of Muslims Targets Our Religious IdentityLakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, who was a keynote speaker at the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) organized by the United Nations, said that beyond the legal basis that a convention provides, the convention also has a “symbolic” importance.
Hindutva Ideology: India’s Gradual Move Towards Genocide
In the six years since Narendra Modi led the party to victory in the 2014 elections, the BJP ruled government has chipped away at the rights of Muslims and cracked down on its critics, including political opponents, journalists, and human rights activists, forcing Amnesty International to cease its operations in the country out of concern its employees were being threatened and intimidated by the government for publishing reports on the Delhi Police Force’s role in the February 2020 violence, which resulted in the murder of more than 50 Muslims, and the use of torture by its security forces in Kashmir.
Where Do Gulf States Stand on Syria’s Decade-Old Conflict?
Although the Russian, Iranian, and Syrian militaries along with Lebanese Hezbollah took actions in Syria that outraged many Sunnis in Kuwait, the atrocities committed by Assad’s jihadist enemies against religious minorities in Syria, including Shi’a/Alawite Muslims, raised fears among members of Kuwait’s Shi’a communities.
Reconciliation Efforts Continue between Egypt and Turkey
Egypt recently announced that it would hold tender for hydrocarbon exploration efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean, acknowledging the exclusive economic…
The Islamic Republic of Iran Forty-Two Years Later: Goals Fulfilled?
In the thick of the war against Iraq, Ayatollah Khomeini said that they were not after conquering the world and that they wanted to share pains with Muslims.
Macron’s New Bill on Secularism Redefines Islamophobia ahead of Elections, Says French Sociologist
“Muslims have a peculiar definition in our minds: enemies of the Christian culture, and enemies of modernity and progress.
Libyans Themselves Are Best Suited to Handle Their Problems
France might need to revise its strategy in the Middle East, especially under Emmanuel Macron, considering the tolerating of caricatures that mock Prophet Mohammed and cause offense to Muslims, and Macron decorating Sisi with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 2020, despite all the allegations made against the Sisi regime and its violations of human rights.
Anti-Turkey Cartoon by Geert Wilders Has a Backstory in the Netherlands
The report further alleges that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a secret agenda and ambition to represent himself as the "leader of the Sunni Muslims" by 2023, the centennial anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
Radicalization and Religion: How It Happens?
With the rise of the nation-state, a congruence was created between Muslims of a certain religious obedience (for example, in the Sunni groups, Maleki, Shafi’i, Hanbali, and Hanafi schools) and bounded territory.
How Does China View the Muslim World?
VIDEO: The Muslim families torn apart by Chinese 're-education camps'These alliances are a sharp break from China’s previous efforts to avoid deep involvement in Muslims’ regional and national quarrels.
Can A Third Political Party Bring Change in US Foreign Policy?
The two-party system has effectively portioned out Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" world view, with much of the Republican party, at least selectively, treating Latinos and Muslims as a menace while the Democratic party has gone to great lengths to demonize Russia/Orthodoxy in recent years.
Army to Protect Pakistan’s Troubled Ties with Saudi Arabia
Saudi interventions on behalf of Western interests have been a source of frustration and anger among Muslims but not many countries have come forward to challenge Saudi Arabia’s fragile leadership in this matter.
Syrian Refugeehood, Racism and the Lebanese Question
While the French wanted the country to remain a compact territory with a Christian-dominated majority in an ocean of Arab Muslims, Lebanese Christians and more specifically the Maronite-majority amongst them, saw an opportunity to set up the “national homeland” they had dreamed of with expanded territory, autonomy and independence, and pressed the French while making the best use of favorable circumstances at the time until they achieved their goal.
Can Farmers Push India towards a Just Land System?
Read: What is the Future for India’s Muslims with the Rise of Hindu Nationalism?We need land reforms and land for the landless as was articulated by the Gandhian people’s movement Ekta Parishad.
Mutawasiloun: Palestinians Resist Israeli Attempts to Encage Them
And what better timing than to claim falsely that Jews, Christians, and Muslims “co-exist together in peace” in Israel? Once, however, certain Palestinians step out of this zone designated by Netanyahu’s government, they become unwanted others and a fifth column who deserve to be arrested and harassed.
Islamism in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Read: Can Muslims Reclaim a Unified Political Bloc on the International Stage?Some young people went as far as to claim to be atheists, and others questioned Muslim theology.
Living as Muslim in New Zealand after the Christchurch Mosque Attacks: An Interview with Anjum Rahman
As a founding member of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand and as a member of the community that has suffered from the attacks, how do you evaluate the overall situation of the Muslim community in New Zealand?
New Zealand is generally a peaceful place and I think Muslims have so long felt comfortable and peaceful here.
Hatem Ali’s Contribution to a Collective Memory Spirited by Drama, History, and Politics
Ali’s contribution to historical drama includes a series on Saladin and his conquest of Jerusalem, and the history of Muslims in Andalusia, including the rise and the fall of Muslim rule there.
French “Enlightenment Islam” and State Authoritarianism
” But when he says, “We cannot victimize Muslims with the stigmatization of polemicists and extremists," he actually spills the beans! Since right-wing extremists are not the soldiers of laicism and what they practice is cultural racism, when we look at the discourse of the president we see that the problem is precisely “a matter of identity, conditions of being proper French.
