political Islam

Millions Come into Streets for Slain Gen. Soleimani in Biggest Rallies in Iran’s History (And no, They weren’t Coerced)

Trump and Pompeo have managed to Shore up the Iranian Regime

Trump Unites Iran and Iraq . . . against the United States

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As is always the way with Western colonialists, Trump administration figures such as secretary of state Mike Pompeo gave it out on Friday that the people of Iran are dying for the United States to invade and occupy them, and are just tickled pick that the US assassinated Gen. Qasem […]

Islamophobia

No, the Muslim Brotherhood did not Invent Islamophobia

Brian Whitaker

(Al-Bab.com) Columnist Melanie Phillips appears to be claiming that Islamophobia isn’t real A column by Melanie Phillips in last week’s issue of the Jewish Chronicle has been causing dismay both inside and outside Britain’s Jewish community – so much so that on Tuesday the paper’s editor issued an apology “to any reader who is angered […]

political Islam

So, What Really is Jihad?

The Conversation

By Mohammad Hassan Khalil | – Often, many people conflate the terms jihad and terrorism. This is in part because many writers use the term “jihadist” when describing violent Muslim radicals. To be sure, such radicals have invoked jihad to justify their heinous acts, such as the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and […]

Muslim Brotherhood

Why Trump can’t ban the Muslim Brotherhood without Damaging Democratic Prospects

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

That many branches of the Muslim Brotherhood are interested in competing as parties in parliamentary systems poses a severe challenge to the authoritarian status quo in Saudi Arabia

Buddhism

Sri Lanka’s Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

The Conversation

Even though most Sri Lankan Muslims are Sunni, it is a diverse community, with some following the mystical form of Islam, Sufism

Judaism

Tunisia: Muslim Religious Right endorses Jewish Candidate for Parliament

AFP

Slama says al-Nahda is a civil party now and Jewish Tunisians’ fears are beginning to be allayed

Islam

What is Missing in our Sunni-Shi’a Conflict Narrative?

Juan Cole

Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | – – The Sunni-Shi’a schism provides for different narrative and prescriptions for arriving at the ‘utopian Islamic society’ and the incoming of the Messiah, al-Mahdi. The theological, doctrinal and jurisprudential differences between the two main branches of Islam has translated into two different visions on the role of […]

Feminism

Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt

contributors

How can Hizbullah liberate women if it wants to segregate them?