The 2011 revolution transformed religious life in unexpected ways – especially among some young Egyptians.
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Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood movement, a week after 16 of its members were arrested
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has held Egypt in an iron grip for a decade, but his regime’s close relations with Israel might prove a problem with voters.
The Muslim Brotherhood once held the reins of power in Egypt. Now it faces internal splits, government repression and dwindling support.
Mubarak used his relationship with the Copts to receive support for his rule, but he did not build institutions that could guarantee Christians constitutional rights.
Mubarak held power for three decades, on the foundation of a personality cult.
Despite the dismantling of Sudan’s ruling party, the country’s autocratic leanings still pose a threat to democracy.
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?
The Muslim Brotherhood has been slow to adapt to its new reality.
The nervous Egyptian state hopes that fan-instigated stadium riots will not occur during the Afcon, following a clampdown on some fans.
A terrorism expert exposes the quirks, inconsistencies and foreign policy strategy behind the State Department’s terrorist watchlist.
Qatar’s decision to aid Turkey in the face of American sanctions against the country may finally be a snub too far for its close relationship with the US.
The prospect of gas wealth has been escalating old rivalries and disputes between Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Greece.
When it comes to foreign policy, Saudi Arabia has recently become far more aggressive. A historian of the modern Middle East sees three possible causes for the shift.
Qatar has used its wealth to adopt policies sometimes rivaling Saudi Arabia’s. Think, for example, of the popular Al-Jazeera. Now the Saudis seem determined to limit Qatari influence as much as possible.
The Muslim Brotherhood exists in the form of many local organizations and well as an international organization. Research shows there isn’t a coherent Muslim Brotherhood ideology.
The rise of Islamic State and its declaration of the caliphate can be read as part of a wider story that has unfolded since the formation of modern nation states in the Muslim world.
People sometimes overlook their profound differences if social forces unite them in a common, often ill-defined desire. Hostility to Muslims is creating an imagined solidarity that Islamists can exploit.
Two years after the ousting of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, military rule is now firmly entrenched.
Islamic State is a project built on solid foundations by jihadist theorists with decades of experience. The savagery of terrorism precedes the next stage of a caliphate that delivers longed-for order.
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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ESRC PhD candidate, Lancaster University
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Visiting professor, Georgetown University
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PhD Candidate, SOAS, University of London
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Postgraduate researcher, University of Aberdeen
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Chair of the Department of Religion and Professor at the Department of Religion and the Center for African Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College & Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
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Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Department of Social Inquiry, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Political Science, American University of Ras Al Khaimah
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham