More: Islam
The Revolutionary Guards and Revolutionary Discourse
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is a guardian of the Islamic
Revolution and its achievements. An important part of these achievements is
defined in the cultural...
Turkish-Chinese spat puts Central Asian leaders on the spot
A Turkish-Chinese spat as a result of Turkish criticism of China’s crackdown on
Turkic Muslims in its strategic but troubled north-western province
of Xinjiang complicates efforts...
Eschatological beliefs and ISIS
There is no single definition of terrorism which might be accepted fully; however, terrorism normally emerges when disempowered communities try and combat what they...
Harsh Turkish condemnation of Xinjiang cracks Muslim wall of silence
In perhaps the most significant condemnation to date of China’s brutal crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang. Turkey’s foreign ministry...
Trends in the Spread of Radical Islam in Africa: The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Galina Sidorova and Natalia Zerlitsina*
Islamic radicalism and extremism are perceived around the world as a major threat to international security. The Islamists started...
Papal visit boosts UAE effort to redefine concepts of tolerance
The United Arab Emirates is projecting itself as a leader of inter-communal and inter-faith harmony with the first ever visit by a Catholic pope...
Ayatollah Khomeini: Strategist, practitioner and mastermind of the Islamic revolution in Iran
The year 2019 marks 40 years to the Islamic Republic of Iran. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic revolution won in Iran. The last...
The neo-Ottoman issue
Turkey is currently pursuing the following aims: 1) becoming a Eurasian regional power; 2) later uniting all Turkmen ethnic groups from Anatolia to Xinjiang;...
Afghanistan’s Rigid Cultural Norms; A Serious Challenge for Girls’ Education
The Afghan government, headed by Hamid Karzai, the first elected president of Afghanistan after the collapse of Taliban’s government in 2001 and its international...
Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals
When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that Turkey was “the only country that can lead the Muslim world,” he probably wasn’t only thinking...