Salafi Jihadism in Lebanon
There are no Salafi Jihadi traditions rooted in Lebanon, nor well-known sheikhs or preachers that have left significant trace.…
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Popular Revolutions and the Rise of Religious Radicalism in the Arab World
To many observers, it appeared that the Arab revolutions had created an appropriate atmosphere for the launch of a process to…
Is It “Al Qaeda Spring”?
In contrast to the initial expectations and indications that emerged with the beginning of the democratic Arab Spring…
JOINING THE CAUSE: AL-MUHAJIROUN AND RADICAL ISLAM
On the surface, a decision to join a radical Islamic movement seems irrational. Participation entails enormous costs and risks,…
The Socioeconomic Dimension of Islamist Radicalization in Egypt and Tunisia
Based on a comprehensive study of both academic publications and grey literature and informed by social movement theory, this…
The rise of islamism in contemporary Syria: from Muslim Brotherhood to…
The present research aims to present the growth of political and militant Islam and its main representatives in Syria, starting…
ISLAM AS STATECRAFT: HOW GOVERNMENTS USE RELIGION IN FOREIGN POLICY
The discussion of Islam in world politics in recent years has tended to focus on how religion inspires or is used by a wide…
Views on Islam in Times of Terrorism
Islamophobia is not more prevalent in Switzerland today than it was before the terrorist violence that Europe has experienced…
Political Islam and Foreign Policy in Europe and the United States
This paper is about the epistemological underpinnings of European and American foreign policy toward political Islam. European…
Secular Cultural Policy in Islamic Countries: Desirability and Feasibility
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Secularism in Islamic countries is a hotly-debated topic which produces dramatic sociopolitical consequences on the…
Iranian-Islamic Pattern of Justice in the Politics
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The category of justice and fair governance is one of the crucial
issues in the…
The expediency of kingdom in Iranian political Thought
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The concept of expediency is an important and common concept in
the history of…
The Status of Imagination in Avicenna’s Political Philosophy
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Undoubtedly, Avicenna is one of the most outstanding intellectual
and cultural…
Political Participation in Democratic Political Orders; a Comparison…
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Political participation is seen as the backbone of a political state
and an…
External Barriers to Political Freedom from the Quran’s Point of View
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Political freedom has faced internal and external barriers over
time. This study…
Religious Democracy in Iran: Discursive Analysis of Imam Khomeini’s…
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Almost two decades after the advent of the Revolution and the
system of the Islamic…
Shiite Scholars in the Era of Constitutionalism and the Image of Western…
This article is an interdisciplinary study of culture and politics that combines insights from political science and the concept…
Religionization of Politics versus Secularization of Politics: An Islamic…
The relation between religion and politics is a question of extended background having received a variety of responses
Reconstruction of Religious Thought and its Impact on the Shiite Political…
The reconstruction of religious thought is considered one of the essential components of the politico-religious discourse in…