Macron wants to ‘build an Islam in France that can be compatible with the Enlightenment.’ But that goal assumes France is compatible with Islam, says a Muslim scholar of religion and politics.
- Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
To stem the spread of COVID-19, Turkey is releasing 90,000 prison inmates. Not on the list for release: tens of thousands of academics, journalists and others the regime sees as political threats.
Au Pakistan, en Iran et en Arabie saoudite, le blasphème est passible de la peine de mort. Ces lois n’ont pas seulement des motifs religieux : elles répondent aussi à des préoccupations politiques.
Pakistan, Iran, dan Arab Saudi menghukum penista agama secara keras. Hukum semacam itu memiliki motif politik dan agama: hukum tersebut adalah alat untuk menghancurkan perbedaan pendapat
Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia all punish blasphemy harshly – even with death. Such laws have political as well as religious motives, says a scholar on Islamism: They’re a tool for crushing dissent.
Beberapa tahun yang lalu, Ikhwanul Muslimin di Mesir dan gerakan Gulen di Turki memiliki kekuatan untuk merealisasikan idealisme mereka. Bagaimana bisa mereka jatuh begitu cepat?
A few years ago, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists were running the show. Now both religious movements face political repression. How did they fall so far, so fast?
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