Why did Jordan’s King Abdullah II meet with the Islah Bloc?
The significance is that the Islah is affiliated to the Islamic Action Front (the political wing of the unlicensed Muslim Brotherhood) in the country.
A Tale of Two Erdogans: How The West Went Rogue on Turkey
Finally, Erdoğan’s democratic credentials combined with his open embrace of Islam was often praised by western leaders looking for a major international figure to point to in order to illustrate that the increasingly widespread post-9/11 theory that Islam and democracy are uniquely mutually exclusive is false.
Changes in Indonesian Foreign Policy After the Elections
Islam is the prominent religion in Indonesia so that ruling parties and political leaders feel obliged to approach religious groups in order to gain power and legitimacy.
Will Ekrem Imamoglu Follow CHP Politics or Erdogan’s Footsteps?
As opposed to CHP Chairman Kılıçdaroğlu, who in regards to the New Zealand terrorist attack said, “terror coming from the Islam world caused different reactions across the world,” İmamoğlu recited Surah al-Yasin in Eyüp Mosque, which is located next to the Tomb of Eyüp Sultan, a companion of the Prophet Mohammad.
Sudan and the Nile Spring: Raptures of Hope and the Uncertain Road Ahead
President Nimeiry sensing a dwindling political legitimacy invited Islamist political parties to his government so as to strengthen his position.
Christian Zionists, Zionists and Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East: A Bermuda Triangle?
recent article published by Foreign Policy argues that Arab regimes – particularly, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE – are sponsoring white supremacist rhetoric in the West, and that they are doing this in the name of fighting so-called Islamists.
Trump’s Dangerous Game with Iran: IRGC Designation and the Possible Consequences
-Iran relations and what consequences will it bring for Iran with regards to its internal and regional politics?
What is Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps?
IRGC was formed right after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 on the purpose of preserving the Islamic Revolution and Khomeini’s Velayet-e Faqih doctrine.
Arab Emancipation and the Liberation of Palestine
But they also believed that such a Jewish state in a sea of Arabs, who are mostly Muslim, would act as a useful functional entity, a colonial outpost, to maintain control and hinder revival following the rock-bottom decline epitomised by the fall of the last Islamic Caliphate.
What’s the Real Motivation Behind Reforms in Saudi Arabia?
A final reason behind the reforms of Saudi Arabia is to silence the Islamic opposition in the country.
The ‘Far-Right Poster Boy’ that received Funds from the New Zealand Terrorist
It rallies to “protect the respective country or ‘whole Europe’ from ‘Islamization’ and mass immigration.
Turkish Foreign and Security Policy at the Crossroad
However, whether or not he has lost his first love, Istanbul-- which he frames as Islambul, remains unclear not only because of the election result but also due to the changing nature of politics in Turkey.
Can the Muslim Brotherhood in Algeria Be a Transformative Power?
During the 1980s, as tension between Islamist groups and the government increased, the Muslim Brotherhood did not have a sharp stance (unlike other conservative Islamic movements).
To Counter Turkey, Saudi Arabia Backs the YPG in Syria
Yet recently more Turks are paying closer attention to the deepening relationship between the Kurdish, Marxist group and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which must be understood within the framework of Riyadh aligning closely with Abu Dhabi’s increasingly anti-Turkish foreign policy agenda in the greater Arab/Islamic world.
The End of the Liberal World?
The most acute expression of this trend is the wave of Islamophobia, in fact anti-Islamic hatred, which is fast entering the political mainstream in key countries of the continent, but also in the United States and other countries.
Jacinda Ardern and the World’s Muslims
Just like the time when philosopher Elizabeth Badinter said that those designing clothes for Muslim women are not French and called to boycott a number of British, Italian and American brands, saying shamelessly in an interview, “don’t be afraid to be called Islamophobic.
Why are You Afraid of Calling Christchurch a Terrorist Attack?
Ardern's wearing a black headscarf and hugging relatives of the victims was a symbolic act by her that has been received with much emotions, not only by the Muslim community in New Zealand, but the global Islamic world.
Turkey’s Reliable Diplomacy in the Somalia-Somaliland Talks
Warlord zones, rebel territories, Islamist militias and tribal fiefdoms scattered the country.
The European Parliament Seeks the Medieval Age in Hagia Sophia
They are known as the biggest calligraphy medallions of Islamic culture.
Christchurch: The West Got It All Wrong
Both the statement and the weapon are full of Islamophobic, and naturally, Turkophobic messages.
A Muslim Chancellor in Germany?
No day passes without a new superficial dispute focusing on Islam and Muslims living in Germany arising on the top of the political agenda.
