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The Arab spring to Caliphate – Echoes of a medieval polemic
Hasnet Lais The Arab Spring, dubbed ‘a grotesque verbal distortion of the great Arab/Muslim awakening’ by The Independent’s Robert Fisk, has undergone a paradigm shift in the Egyptian context. The recent victory of the Muslim Brotherhood [...]
Republican primaries & Reflecting on US-Egyptian Relations
Salafist (excuse me, “deeply Catholic”) Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum appears back in the race for chief elephant after trouncing Mitt Romney in Minnesota and Colorado. But beware: Minnesotans are an unpredictable lot, with the only [...]
Political Islam in Egypt and the Medina Model
Hasnet Lais Almost a year on, the developments following the Arab Spring brings the attention of the western political elite to Islam’s political ambitions in a very precarious part of the world. Francis Fukuyama’s ‘End of [...]
The Bitter Arab Winter and our Colonial Legacy
The Arab Spring has created, as any revolution would, a sense of urgency. An unprecedented series of events which came with speed and new opportunities on the political scene has largely debilitated our ability to be [...]
Elections in Morocco and Egypt – window dressing?
Morocco, with its 35 million people, where 1 in 3 are unemployed and poverty is widespread, has had multi-party elections since independence in 1956 without anyone taking much notice. Even Western Saharans get a taste of [...]
Egypt Prisoner Swap with Israel: Undermining or improving credibility?
The Egyptian press has recently been flooded with stories concerning the proposed prisoner exchange between Egypt and Israel. The transaction would involve the exchange of one Israeli, accused of spying for 25 Egyptians. This exchange follows [...]
The Rochdale Grooming Case Confronted
A well articulated and thought provoking piece of writing. I agree, th
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
Yazaak Allahu khayran.
The Politics of Tribulation
the problem with the ikhwan movement is lack of ideological premises,
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
I think the ending would have been much better if the writer avoided t
Atheism in the dock
Mr Badar, I agree with you entirely that atheism has many problems;