Over at the University of Notre Dame's Contending Modernities blog, Michael Driessen takes lessons from the secular-Islamist negotiation happening in…
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Coptic Christians and Egypt’s future
Yasmine Saleh recently reported on the dilemma many Coptic Christians face in the upcoming Egyptian presidential election.
Tunisian Jews and the Arab Spring
In a recent article, Lin Noueihed and Terek Amara discuss the racism and fear of harassment Tunisian Jews have experienced…
Nahda’s return to history
The Tunisian uprisings of December 2010 are often depicted in negative terms, as lacking leadership, ideology, and political organization. Nahda…
Paradoxes of “religious freedom” in Egypt
The place of religion in the political order is arguably the most contentious issue in post-Mubarak Egypt. With Islamist-oriented parties…
The year of the Islamist
David Rohde, in Reuters’ Analysis and Opinion blog, designates 2012 as the year of the Islamist and discusses the likelihood…
Human rights and the Arab Spring
The New York Review of Books' blog recently posted a debate between women's rights groups and Human Rights Watch entitled,…
“The Rise of the Islamists”
The award-winning documentary radio program, America Abroad, has recently released a new documentary entitled, "The Rise of the Islamists."
NYPD cops to showing inflammatory film
The New York City Police Department, and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly in particular, is in hot water over a…
Politics of Faith—The Role of Religion in Divided Societies
America Abroad, the award-winning documentary radio program, has released a new documentary, "The Politics of Faith---The Role of Religion in…