Tariq Ramadan defends his views
LA Times: Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan defends his views
Liberal Muslim or closet fundamentalist? Peaceful intellectual or militant in sheep’s clothing?
Tariq Ramadan has been called all these things — and more — by his friends and foes. Whatever the truth, the Swiss-born Oxford University professor ranks among the most influential thinkers in the Muslim world.
The grandson [...]
Muslim Brotherhood condemns Cairo bombing
IkhwanWeb: A Bomb Blast Hits Egypt’s Stability
A bomb explosion hit the famous touristic area, Khan Al-Khalili bazaar in the area of Al-Hussain in Cairo, a French tourist was killed and about 17 other people were injured, mostly foreign tourists. … An instant statement by MB Leader, Muhammad Mahdi Akef, that came to express Muslim brotherhood’s position on [...]
Israel’s dirty little secret
You won’t read about this in the news, but Hamas was once the darling of Israel. It wasn’t that long ago, but western and pro-Israel commentators do not like to discuss this particular facet of history, nor are they inclined to admit how disastrous the Israeli-Hamas connection has turned out to be.
Between 1967 and 1984, [...]
Salafist extremism gains power within Hamas
JPost: Al-Qaida-style Salafist extremism gains real power within Hamas armed wing
Al-Qaida-type Salafi Islam is rising in popularity within the ranks of Hamas. This trend is particularly noticeable in the movement’s armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigades.
Observation of this process shows that attempts to draw a clear dividing line between the “nationalist” Muslim Brotherhood-inspired Islamism of [...]
Can al-Qaeda be destroyed if we kill Usama?
It is a tragic mistake to believe that al-Qaeda refers to a solid and uniform group whose very existence can be undone by the death of one man. As the execution of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein proved, the demise of a criminal does not necessarily remove the crime. In fact, Iraqis believe that [...]
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