https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Al-Qaeda en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/06/originalism-neednt-always-result-abortion-bans-just-ask-al-qaida When it comes to Roe v. Wade , some pro-choice voices have a jihadism problem. Posting about “Shariʿa” won’t help them. Critiquing originalism might. A subset of those infuriated by the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would… Fri, 06 May 2022 04:27:14 EDT Nathan French 2bc57955-1063-4303-aec2-3dd9e58ffe8c https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/08/three-qualities-marking-capitol-assault-terrorism While the horrific scenes of the invasion and occupation of the US Capitol building were played out on television, I happened to be in a radio interview for my new book, God at War. The reporter asked if there were… Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:55:45 EST Mark Juergensmeyer 685ae1c7-f1ca-42f8-8511-2273f3c88d1d https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/01/lgbt-editor-bangladesh-murdered-islamists-and-more-weeks-global-lgbt-recap The Global Philanthropy Project has published “The Perfect Storm: The closing space for LGBT civil society in Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Kenya, and Hungary.” The report notes that governments have responded to growing pressure for democracy, transparency and accountability by passing new… Sun, 01 May 2016 09:54:00 EDT Peter Montgomery 2169bfe9-5690-4607-a695-5298a823707e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/15/why-wont-president-say-islamic-terrorists Donald Trump has tried to make much about why President Obama won’t use the phrase “ Islamic terrorism”: Although the President and I have not discussed the reasons, I can think of several good ones, at least one of which… Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:49:42 EST Paula Cooey 40e0169b-a576-4c19-9781-1971a9260af1 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/01/19/egyptian-president-al-sisi-dictator-not-reformer-islam It’s ironic that a number of (mostly right wing) commentators have been invoking the ideals of freedom of speech and expression while praising an authoritarian leader who has cracked down on these freedoms more than any of his nation’s authoritarian… Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:22:22 EST Mohamad Elmasry 28d90bff-4e0a-4e77-bc54-a388bcc7c522 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/10/international-religious-freedom-agenda-will-only-embolden-isis International religious freedom has become the civilizing discourse of our time. Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:03:12 EST Elizabeth Shakman Hurd e3c6774e-f23a-4110-86e1-3fcd5f9b86ea https://religiondispatches.org/2013/09/24/lindsey-graham-and-al-qaeda-share-same-allahu-akbar … and jihad and sharia… Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:01:18 EDT Nathan Lean 7b3acbe3-0fd1-4a77-95e5-a46bd727361a https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/19/where-world-barack-hussein-obama When all you have left is a drone, every problem looks like collateral damage. Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:01:09 EDT Haroon Moghul 003cec3d-6f5c-4ab5-84c3-98ebc240c40c https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/15/why-egypt-americas-enemy So what should we do now? Nothing. Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:49:05 EDT Haroon Moghul 4b26bb3a-72fd-4c75-a9a5-e15a91544e11 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/09/17/kindred-hatemongers-why-american-islamophobes-and-muslim-protesters-need-each-other Just as hate responds to hate, those whose political fortunes depend on the manufacture of hatred seem to need each other. Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:54:27 EDT Mark Juergensmeyer d657342b-9d10-45c3-b6a2-7767357e3e47 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/08/neither-radical-nor-secular-west-struggles-new-islamism What the anxious West has failed to recognize in the Arab Spring is that the political transformations of the Middle East are the coming of age of a new Islamism. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:57:34 EST Blain Auer 6af5b474-409c-4534-848a-048069902c5d https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/10/drowning-bin-laden That nobody wanted bin Laden’s body provides hope that we may finally distinguish between what he and his followers did with what Islam teaches. Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:32:00 EDT Haroon Moghul 692ecb4b-4bce-41f7-8b02-ca012b4998d6 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/05/05/will-bin-ladens-killing-end-jihadi-trend Many analysts misunderstand the jihadi message. Thu, 05 May 2011 06:51:19 EDT Christopher Anzalone db574655-8b59-4c53-bd68-9a8cfd79b25c https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/14/despite-religious-violence-egyptian-mosques-calling-muslim-christian-unity Otherwise you might as well send a message to al-Qaeda entitled “You’ve won.” Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:45:17 EDT H.A. Hellyer 274d9f31-ef8c-4130-aaec-32cc93bcfed4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/09/julian-assange-nativity-castros-hanukkah-burger-blessing Come donkey, it’s time to pray. Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:18:33 EST Michael J. Altman 56bda4c2-6e72-43eb-be0a-7208535f0971 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/13/god-bless-islam-courageous-leadership What was the spiritual harvest of the month of fasting, prayer, deep reflection, and discipline? Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:28:23 EDT Ebrahim Moosa ce7b671b-8f0d-478d-b1a4-1b4fd13780b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/08/quran-burning-were-all-losers Are we playing right into al Qaeda’s hands? Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:08 EDT Julie Ingersoll ff2c34c3-2baa-481e-ad8f-94b26fb0afc7 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/12/13/barack-obama-high-priest-chief Ironically, the president’s Nobel acceptance speech reestablished many of the (flawed) Bush justifications for war. Are we, or are we not, in a religious war? Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:27:45 EST Matthew Avery Sutton 8fa99295-5d0c-4af1-bb35-558ee5e3360c https://religiondispatches.org/2009/10/15/boson-particle-hated-god Two eminent physicists have hypothesized that the Higgs boson might be hated by God to such an extent that if one occurred it would go back in time and stop itself from being made. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:56 EDT Arri Eisen 18d1bb00-e12d-4941-9770-34dd35a63cb0 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/08/10/feared-taliban-leader-killed-military-strategy-not-answer-afghanistan A gathering of senior scholars in the field agree that the US presence in South Asia invokes a colonial legacy and undermines peace. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:41:01 EDT Mark Juergensmeyer 0534b43d-8350-498f-9df4-ca3eedfa49f7 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/19/osama-and-orientalism-where-islamophobes-meet-al-qaeda What do critics of Islam have in common with bin Laden? They both have a reductive, prescriptive understanding of religion and they use it to assert superiority over others. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:22:48 EDT Hussein Rashid 8442b3f8-11a1-4fb7-85f5-c60e0b864f8b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/10/extremist-women-want After a recent statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri on the role of women in Al-Qaeda, that supports single-dimensional notions of extremist Muslims, extremist women talk back… Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:22 EDT Shabana Mir b6317175-52e0-44c0-9434-2b0576a7a86a https://religiondispatches.org/2008/11/25/al-qaeda-calls-obama-house-negro-muslims-answer For the first time in years, it looks like al-Qaeda might actually be shaking in its boots. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:04:10 EST Fatemeh Fakhraie b3e073c2-815c-4551-893a-b1a5d95952f1