Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm CET
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Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

The notion of a Sunni-Shi’ite conflict is not the only perceived dichotomy at play in the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • History • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sat, June 25, 2011 at 23:17 pm CEST
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Israel’s Unilateral Withdrawals from Lebanon and the Gaza Strip

In the last decade, Israel unilaterally withdrew from two areas: the security zone in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Israel • Lebanon 
Posted on Sun, July 4, 2010 at 19:47 pm CEST
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Hizballah Spiritual Leader Muhammad Fadlallah died in a Beirut Hospital

Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh one of Shiite Islam’s main religious figures, died Sunday after a long illness. He was not a voice of moderation at all… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Iran • Iraq • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Shi'ism 
Posted on Fri, May 7, 2010 at 13:20 pm CEST
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Saudi Arabia and the Rise of the Wahhabi Threat

Al-Qaeda represents Wahhabism in its purest form – a violent fundamentalist doctrine that rejects all non-Wahhabi Islam, especially the spiritual forms of Islam. Wahhabism is an expansionist sect intolerant of… Continue reading

Topics: Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • United States of America • Wahhabism • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Wed, December 9, 2009 at 18:03 pm CET
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Iran and the rise of fundamentalism

Throughout his political life, Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh did his best to maintain a cordial relationship with the religious community in Iran. Though firmly secular, Mossadegh was keenly aware that in the composition of Iranian society, Islam and the Shi’ite faith had deep roots… Continue reading

Topics: Iran