Growing British Muslim Religiosity & The Radicalisation Link
There is an undeniable growing level of religiosity amongst younger Muslims in the UK. Does this have implications for violent radicalisation? {Department of War Studies, King’s College London} [dhr]...
View ArticleSecurity & Multicultural Integration In The UK: A Conflation Of Agendas
The UK’s approach to multiculturalism has contributed to homegrown Islamist terrorism in the UK. Do you agree? {Department of War Studies, King’s College London} [dhr] [dhr] This essay forms part of...
View ArticlePan-Islamism & The Interwar Period
Islam, international politics & mass mobilization: an analysis over the interwar period. {Department of International Relations, London School of Economics & Political Science} [dhr] [dhr] The...
View ArticleRamadan & Eid, Malaysian Style
Malaysia has an interesting time during Ramadan. With the general feeling of festivity, there is another side to it all. Ramadan, a month of charity, abstinence, reflection, and religious deeds, is...
View ArticleIs Multiculturalism Dying?
Christian moderacy does not exist in Muslim communities, whose own moderacy is seen as extreme to their Christian neighbours. Europe is multicultural, but it is intolerant of extremes, and to the...
View Article‘Innocence of Muslims’‘offends’ Muslims. ‘Well So Fucking What?’
There should be, there must be, no compromise, no backing off the rhetoric of freedom of speech. There is no such thing as the “abuse” of human rights to the freedom of speech. [dhr] [dhr] This week we...
View ArticleA Muslim’s Reaction To ‘Innocence of Muslims': ‘Well, So Fucking What?’
Islam is constantly attacked. Muslims must learn to ignore productions similar to ‘Innocence of Muslims’ and retort with peaceful protests and demonstrations. The attitude should be ‘well, so fucking...
View ArticleUganda’s ‘Kill The Gays’ Bill? It’s Democratic. And It’s Religious.
Some may call it neo-colonialism, some may call it imperialism, but when the stakes are this high democracy based on ignorance and hatred cannot simply be allowed to plow on towards death and...
View ArticleMonotheism’s Importance To International Relations
Christianity, Islam and Judaism, along with their own institutions, have contributed to the shape of many vital political concepts. [dhr] [dhr] The relationship between religion and international...
View ArticleUna legge democratica e religiosa. Come quella ugandese contro gli omosessuali.
A prima vista potrebbe sembrare un discorso imperialista o neocolonialista, ma la posta in gioco rimane troppo alta: non è possibile che una nazione democratica si faccia promotrice di morte e...
View ArticleRevolution Is A Messy Business
So 2012 is over and we are looking ahead to 2013. A lot has happened during the last year as the Middle East plodded on through the late stages of the Arab Spring. Now there is talk of an Arab Fall (or...
View ArticleThe Rise Of The Israeli Far Right
Several months ago, my two-piece article for this website offering an introduction to the upcoming Israeli elections of January 22nd devoted a scant one sentence to the potential merger of The Jewish...
View ArticleMali: Intervention, Invasion, and Invention
Broadly, it may be that intervention is a limited and fundamentally flawed approach, but to say that some invented Western Empire marches on Africa to secure its dominance is to simplify a complex...
View ArticleReligion, Society and the Woolwich Murder
The continued belief in religion is a symbol of the failure of multiculturalism; immigrants, and their subsequent families, are feeling like outsiders in the country they have chosen to call home and...
View ArticleIl Fondamentalista Riluttante
The Reluctant Fundamentalist si risolve con un’amara sensazione di sconfitta umana, segnata dalla morte e dalla sofferenza, comune ad entrambi gli schieramenti; con un’empatia finale, non risolutiva,...
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