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Tag Archives: Islamism
The Western media’s imbalanced portrayal of the Qatar crisis
The crisis in the Gulf has entered its third week, since a number of Gulf States including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain together with Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. The crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Qatar, Terrorism
Tagged Al-Jazeera, GCC, Islamism, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, The New York times
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London Attacks: Five myths about Terrorism
Photo via Reuters Westminster, the Manchester Arena, and London Bridge ____ three terrorist attacks in three months in my adoptive country, Britain. Those gruesome crimes, however, have not changed the response to terror. Politicians, journalists, and commentators are still harping … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Islam, Terrorism
Tagged Britain, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamism, London, London Attacks, London Bridge, Manchester Arena, Terrorism, UK
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Reflections on the Westminster Attack
Photo from my own collection “We are not afraid.” That was the simple note written on one of many floral tributes on London’s Westminster Bridge after last week’s terror attack there. I read this defiant message while walking along the … Continue reading
Shadi Hamid and the Infantilization of Muslims
Islamic liberalism and its role in modern-day Islam became the subject of a timely and provocative debate organized recently by the Cato Institute, a public policy research organization. The event was hosted by Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol and Shadi Hamid … Continue reading
Posted in Best Read, Islam, Middle East, Politics, Terrorism
Tagged Islam, Islamism, Political Islam, Shadi Hamid
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The New York Times And The Muslim Brotherhood
On February 9, The New York Times (NYT) published an editorial titled “All of Islam Isn’t the Enemy.” The article suggests that an order issued by the American President, Donald Trump, designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, would … Continue reading
Posted in Best Read, Egypt, Islam, Middle East, Politics, Terrorism
Tagged Egypt, Foreign Terrorist group, Islam, Islamism, Trump
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Syria: The New Arab Nakba
Syrian pro-government forces walking in the ancient Umayyad mosque in Aleppo Photo via Daily Mail, AFP/ Getty Images A day after Assad’s Syrian Government declared it had regained full control of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Hezbollah leader … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Politics, Syria, Terrorism
Tagged #Syria, Aleppo, Arab world, Islamism, middle-east
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Carnage at the Cathedral
Coffins of some of the victims of the explosion at Coptic Cathedral (AFP) “Is that a church or a military fortress?” my Islamist medical school colleague asked as she gazed at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, her face reflected a … Continue reading
Posted in Best Read, Diary of Aak
Tagged Coptic Cathedral Pope Tawadros, Copts, Egypt, Islamism, Sisi, Terrorism
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Fidel Castro: Glamorizing Tyranny
Fidel Castro ( Getty Images) Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90. The legacy of Castro, the “commandante” is not just his revolutionary communism, but a grand and more disturbing stance, one that was characterized … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Short Comments
Tagged Castro, Cuba, Islamism, politics, regressive liberalism
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Iran, chess, and the psychological bullying of non-hijabi defiant women
A poisonous debate has erupted since Nazi Paikidze, a 22-year-old American champion chess player, announced her decision to boycott next year’s World Chess Championship competition in Iran. A stream of articles published criticism about her decision to boycott and her … Continue reading
Posted in Best Read, Iran, Islam, women rights
Tagged #Iran, Chess Championship, Hijab, Islamism, Masih Alinejad, Nazi Paikidze, women rights
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Saudi Clerics and Christmas
In an interview last November, Saudi cleric Khaled Al-Felaij said Muslims are forbidden from greeting Christians and Jews on their holidays. He labeled Jews and Christians as infidels and explained that their celebration were “based upon falsehood, heresy, and polytheism,” … Continue reading →