Islamism

Posted on Thu, November 17, 2011 at 19:36 pm CET

Islam: What Does “Moderate” Islamist Mean?

Are Islamist parties portrayed as more moderate or pluralistic than they actually are… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, November 16, 2011 at 19:23 pm CET

A Saudi Writer Explains the “Muslim Brotherhood Spring”

What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, November 16, 2011 at 01:03 am CET

Turkish Foreign Policy in Evolution

Turkish government representatives insist that they want to develop good ties in all directions… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, November 15, 2011 at 22:18 pm CET

Who is Obama’s Favorite Middle East Leader? An Anti-American Radical Who Loathes America and Israel

There is a man who Obama loves to deal with, if not every day at least as often as possible… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, November 15, 2011 at 21:40 pm CET

U.S. Political Engineering in the Middle East: Its Already Created Disaster Once Before

Few realize how U.S. policy at the start of the radical Islamist era in Middle East history parallels that… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, November 13, 2011 at 20:21 pm CET

Will Turkey Get a New Constitution that is a Societal Compact, and not a Dictate of the State?

The new constitution of Turkey needs to be societal compact that reflects the pluralism of society… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, November 12, 2011 at 01:03 am CET

WikiLeaks: Mustafa Abdul Jalil, an Islamist all along

When Abdul Jalil talks about reforms, he is (and was) doing so with an Islamist agenda in mind… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, November 11, 2011 at 23:23 pm CET

The Latest KCK Arrests: One Step Closer to Breaking Point

The AKP is using the KCK investigation as an instrument to try to crush all opposition to its increasingly hawkish policies on the Kurdish issue… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, November 11, 2011 at 18:37 pm CET

Fifty Libyan ‘Islamist’ Rebels Join the Jihad against Israel

Fifty Libyan Muslim Brotherhood mercenaries arrived in the Gaza Strip from Tripoli last month… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 21:26 pm CET

Libya Heading Towards Islamism

Islamism will be the dominant political force in Libya… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 00:42 am CET

How the Obama Administration Helps Kill the Chances for Arab, Turkish, and Iranian Democracy

Does this sound too extreme and alarmist?… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, November 9, 2011 at 01:49 am CET

Obama Administration Promotes Islamist Regimes; Insists They are Moderate

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, November 8, 2011 at 21:47 pm CET

Turkey: in between Political Islam and the Military

This paper analyses the impact of domestic dynamics on its relations with Israel during the current AKP government and the RP led government in the 1990s… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, November 8, 2011 at 01:54 am CET

The Unmasking of Namik Tan

It is truly amazing that the Turkish government would send to Washington in 2010 an Ambassador who had opposed Erdogan’s Islamist party… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 15:35 pm CET

A Parable of Middle East History: The Well-Intentioned Arab and the Malicious Genie

One day in 1952, a young Arab intellectual was walking along the shore of the Nile… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 14:24 pm CET

The Battle for Egypt: The Army Strikes Back

They claim to be protecting the country from Islamic fundamentalists, who appear likely to capture a plurality of seats in parliament… Continue reading