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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply hereThe UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: HomeStruggling against fascism: an open letterConsidering the horrors wrought by the Islamic State, a professor writes to his former students at the University of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy we hate our reflections: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic StateAl Saud might be afraid of many things, but the main threat to their survival comes from within their historical...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe intimacy of tyranny: Syria's de facto state legitimacyThe state has remained resilient in conflict-ridden Syria. A look into the intricacies of the abusive citizen-state...
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Published in: 50.50Progressive Muslims in a world of ISIS and IslamophobesAni Zonneveld, president of Muslims for Progressive Values, explains the struggle to organize progressive Muslim...
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Published in: 50.50The stories we tell about ISIS and women
Political and popular discussions about strategies to confront ISIS are doing women in Iraq and Syria a disservice,...
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Published in: 50.50Sexualized violence in Iraq: how to understand and fight it
Sexualised and gender-based violence in Iraq, highlighted in recent weeks in relation to ISIS atrocities, has been...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Belgian jihadists in Syria: alienation, consumption, powerPoliticians are flexing their muscles and alienated youngsters are defiantly posting their Syrian ‘adventures’...
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Published in: HomeIS – a threat to the structure of international law?The theological and ideological basis for IS’s struggle visualizes this as a fight against the spiritual power...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow ISIS impacts on Turkey’s daily life
We must face up to the fact that an Islamic terror has now entered Turkey if we are to find a solution to the danger...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan the Arab world defeat ISIS?What will three forces contribute to the defeat of ISIS: Arab autocrats, moderate Islamist groups and secular...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhen the US chooses terrorism
IS was created by lack of justice, dignity and governance. Instead of tackling these root issues, the US chose to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKobane: the struggle of Kurdish women against Islamic StateThe international community should support a secular, multi-religious and multi-ethnic Rojava with democratic...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUnderstanding calls for reinstating the Islamic StateMaududi’s writings on implementing Sharia and Qutb’s radical approach contributed to Jihadist movements that have...
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Published in: TransformationHow not to understand ISISThe view that one particular religious doctrine is uniquely extremist won’t help us to appreciate the cycles of...
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Published in: HomeTempered desire: the BRICS and the Islamic State crisisWhat roles have the emerging BRICS powers played throughout the crisis of the Islamic State? Reflecting on this can...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaISIS airstrikes: between imperialism and orientalism
Islamic radicalism is the product of societal developments and it is not directly related to the religion of Islam....
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Published in: HomeA war going according to plan - but which plan?
A letter from Raqqa, in the heart of territory controlled by the Islamic State.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The attractions of jihadism, and a generational nihilism stretching far beyond the Muslim sphereFrench Muslims are protesting against the conflation of Islam with jihadism, and about France's engagement in the...
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Published in: 50.50Promoting the global secular alternative in the ISIS era
While many of us watch in horror as ISIS advances, and fundamentalist ideas spread across religious traditions...
