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The Arab spring to Caliphate – Echoes of a medieval polemic

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 [...]

Political Islam in Egypt and the Medina Model

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 [...]