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26 March 20220113 James M. Dorsey

New Books Network Review: Rivals in the Gulf

By James M. Dorsey Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis (

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23 March 20220107 James M. Dorsey

Autocratic vs. Democratic Islam = UAE vs. Indonesia

By James M. Dorsey Indonesia has emerged as a primary battleground between democratic and autocratic visions of Islam in the 21st century. The b

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10 March 20220110 James M. Dorsey

New Books Network Review: Islam and the Arab Revolutions

Usaama al-Azami’s Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy (Oxford University Press, 2022) focuses on the responses o

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4 March 20220104 James M. Dorsey

Saudi Arabia and Indonesia: Clashing visions of ‘moderate Islam.’

By James M. Dorsey Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith

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In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi schoolbooks
21 March 20210591 James M. Dorsey

Turkish Schoolbooks Replaced Saudi Texts in Muslim Majority World

In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Mu

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Saudi Schoolbooks: What Does It Take to recontextualise Islam
20 February 20210558 James M. Dorsey

Saudi Schoolbooks: What Does It Take to recontextualise Islam?

Two decades of snail pace revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references to Jews, Christians, and Shiites suggest a willingne

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Are the Taliban to Be Trusted?
8 February 20210606 Neville Teller

Are the Taliban to Be Trusted?

How have the Taliban, a known hardline Islamist group, come to be a significant world power, negotiating with the United States over the head of the A

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Saudi Islamic Moderation Put to the Test
8 February 20210595 James M. Dorsey

Saudi Islamic Moderation Put to the Test

Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of

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Think Muslim World Is United in Opposing Islamophobia? Think Twice
31 January 20210567 James M. Dorsey

Think Muslim World Is United in Opposing Islamophobia? Think Twice

Think the Muslim world is united in opposing Islamophobia? Think twice. Rising anti-Muslim sentiment in countries like China, Myanmar, and India as

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© Hakim Khatib/MPC Journal - Why the Arabic Majority World Turned Away from Science
10 December 201801130 Hakim Khatib

Why the Arabic Majority World Turned Away from Science

Contemporary Islam is not known for its engagement in the modern scientific project. But it is heir to a legendary “Golden Age” of Arabic science fre

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