Muslim Identity & Global Change

    The controversy in the UK over voluntary partial adoption of shariah law to help solve domestic disputes within some Muslim migrant communities led to a storm of criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury , the leader of the Anglican Church, over what he did not say, and very little discussion on the implications of what…

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    Who Speaks for Islam?

    Based on the largest ever study of its kind, this book is the first to present the fascinating findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World. It is co-authored by a bestselling author, Georgetown University professor John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed, Gallup’s executive director of Muslim studies.The horrific events of 9/11 dramatically intensified…

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      Islamist cleric appeals extradition from Britain to US: lawyers

      Lawyers for Islamist cleric Abu Hamza have lodged an appeal against his extradition from Britain to the US. Hamza is accused by United States of being part of a global plot and waging jihad against Western countries, and officials want to try him over the 1998 abduction of 16 Western tourists in Yemen. The Egyptian-born…

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        Immigration, a Polarizing Electoral Issue

        In the campaigns for Spain’s March 9th elections, there are two opposing positions concerning the hot topic of immigration. On the left, is the predominant viewpoint that immigrants must be accepted and that comprehensive global solutions are needed; on the right, is the attitude to at best cold-shoulder, and at worst to harass them. The…

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        Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge in Europe

        In early 2003 Egmont-Royal Institute for International Relations organised a major international conference in Brussels on international terrorism, under the heading ‘Root Causes of International Terrorism’. At that moment the very notion that there existed underlying forces that shaped the context and causes that led to 9/11 looked self-evident to academics, but was still very…

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