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Tag: Salafism

Posted inAfghanistan

Taliban sweet talk doesn’t fool Afghan women

by Daniel Williams September 22, 2021September 27, 2021

It’s official: Afghanistan is no country for women. Over the weekend, Taliban militiamen took down a sign on a Kabul building that had housed the Ministry for Women’s Affairs and replaced it with a scary, if not pithily named, billboard for the “Ministry for Preaching and Guidance and the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of […]

Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, South Asia

How Arabization changed Islam in Asia

by Jeff Kingston December 23, 2019February 18, 2020
A close-up photograph of Afghanistan from a desktop globe. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Geopolitical factors contributing to Afghan quagmire

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 24, 2018October 24, 2018
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (3rd-R) joins in evening prayers in a file photo. Photo: AFP/John Zich
Posted inAT Finance, India, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Mahathir has an Islam problem

by Nile Bowie September 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Iraqi police kick back in the city of Fallujah, on June 30, 2016, after recapturing the city from Islamic State jihadists. Photo: AFP / Ahmad al-Rubaye
Posted inIran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

How Saddam Hussein’s old ideology may have contributed to ISIS

by Myriam Benraad February 24, 2018February 18, 2020
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on September 20, 2017, shows King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud speaking during a ceremony welcoming the Saudi national football team to the Royal Palace in Jeddah. Photo: AFP / Saudi Royal Palace
Posted inEgypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Wheels and deals: trouble brewing in the House of Saud

by Pepe Escobar September 29, 2017February 18, 2020
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses delegates of the ruling party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), during the opening ceremony of the annual general assembly at the Putra World  Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur on December 5, 2013. The ruling party UMNO's six day general assembly 2013 began with the official opening by the party President Najib Razak. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN
Posted inAT Finance, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia

Political Islam has populist appeal

by David Hutt January 26, 2017February 18, 2020
Indonesian Muslims hold dawn prayers on December 12, 2016, one day before Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's first trial as some Islamic groups have vowed to maintain pressure until he is prosecuted for blasphemy. The high-profile case has emboldened hardline groups and stoked fears of growing intolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. Photo: AFP / Kahfi Syaban Nasuti
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Greater Bay Area, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, World

A rising tide of Islamic intolerance

by David Hutt January 26, 2017February 18, 2020

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