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Egypt probing Brotherhood alleged attack

Three senior officials of the Brotherhood were among 16 members rounded up early on Monday morning in the latest of a series of swoops, which the group says are aimed

‘Ali Shari’ati: Revolutionary, ‘Red Shi’ism’ vs. the ‘Black’ Shi’ism of the Clerics

Shari‘ati was critical of the ‘ulama, whom he saw as instruments of the state who needed to be sidelined in order to make way for a new religiously educated intelligentsia.[3]

Memo to Osama bin Laden

Islam was sent as mercy to humanity and not as an ideology of terror or hatred. It advocates plurality and moral equality of all faiths (Quran 2:62, 5:69). To use

The Book That Shaped the World

At a time when the world sank to its lowest, oppression and tyranny exceeded all limits, human beings were enslaved by arrogant kings and emperors, and women lost their human

The Muslim Brotherhood is the new marijuana

The Muslim Brotherhood advocates the imposition of Islamic State using political means.

The Myth of Muslim Conquest

A question worries Europe: is Islam inherently expansionist and out to conquer the world? Yes, say those Swiss who voted against the construction of minarets.

A Jew as an Islamic Hero

There are many stories that contemporary Imams rarely tell their congregations. The story of Mukhayriq, a Rabbi from Madina is one such story.

How to Emancipate Muslim States from the Plague of Autocracy and Despotism?

Till our present day, there are still some Islamic groups that consider democracy to be un-Islamic, and maintain the hatred of freedom as their tradition. They argue that 'there is

AKP is not Islamist, but somewhat Muslimist

The Justice and Development Party sometimes misses the point that the Muslim thing to do in global politics is not to give blind support to our ‘Muslim brothers,’ but is

Iran’s Crisis of Resistance

The "war on terror" was pretty great for Iran's hardliners. The Bush administration's 2002 inclusion of Iran in the "Axis of Evil" was a major blow to Iranian moderates, discrediting