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International Politics and Economy
Debunked: The GOP “Civilization Jihad” Conspiracy Theories
Bridge | (Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown U.) |- – • Presidential candidate Ben Carson has recently peddled a conspiracy theory about a Muslim “civilization jihad” plan to take over America. • Carson gets his ideas from Frank Gaffney, who was also Donald Trump’s dubious source in calling for a Muslim ban. […]
To combat Extremism on both Sides, Europe Needs its own Islam
By Massimo D’Alema and Tariq Ramadan | ( EurActiv.com ) | – – To escape from extremism and xenophobia, Europe needs to carve a European Islam, not an Islam composed of communities influenced by their countries of origin . . . Europe is in a paradoxical situation. The tragic challenges that shook Europe in 2015 […]
Machiavelli: To combat Muslim Extremism, see Prophet Muhammad as bringer of a Constitution
Miguel Vatter | (The Conversation) | – – Everyone wants to die for Allah. We all want to live the best life in the hereafter and we want to make it to the top of the seven levels of Jannah – heaven. So thinks a young “anonymous Islamic State supporter” who was friends with the […]
Is US Syria Policy to back new Saudi-Turkish Moves against Iran?
By Fernando Betancor | ( OpenDemocracy)| – – The pattern of strikes by the disjointed US-led coalition of Operation Inherent Resolve remains the best and most reliable public indicator of intentions and future operations in the short-term. As I pointed out in early December, changes to the balance of forces in Syria and Iraq have been forcing […]
“Tehran is liberated territory” as Pragmatists & Centrists win Iranian Capital & Expert Assembly
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The era of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also a former mayor of Tehran, is completely over. Ahmadinejad’s so-called spiritual mentor, Mohammad-Taqi Misbah-Yazdi (actually an extremely hateful individual), lost his seat on the Assembly of Experts, as did far right figure Mohammad Yazdi, the body’s sitting […]
US Mil. ‘Expert’ equates Muslim Veiling with ‘Passive Terrorism’; One woman has Questions for Him
By Domenica Ghanem | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The U.S. military apparently thinks Muslim women’s clothing choices — rather than, say, drone strikes — are a driver of terrorism. Women are used to getting blamed for wearing too little. Can they now also be blamed for wearing too much? Misogynists have spun […]
Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination
By Umit Cizre | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s readiness to circumvent elections, illustrates that promises to end the conflict were contingent on securing a mathematically permanent conservative-nationalist electoral bloc. Two historic general elections were held in Turkey over the course of four months in 2015. The desperate losers in the first […]
Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – Farhang Jahanpour is a former professor and dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Isfahan. Prior to that he was a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University. Currently he is a tutor in the Department of Continuing Education and a member […]