https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Arab Spring en https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/19/6-years-later-arab-spring-may-only-have-just-begun There are bright spots in the Muslim world, but a sense of ominousness is inescapable. It doesn’t just seem like the Arab Spring is over, but that the winter is here to stay. Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:15:25 EST Haroon Moghul c0ad5a88-1ec1-4283-9745-d9894fe57e81 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/09/11/obama-appeals-american-exceptionalism But do we still think we’re more ethical? Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:07:30 EDT Peter Laarman 22a91911-97d3-46fd-adb7-0f750d7cb798 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/09/02/hem-and-haw-failed-syria-strategy Where Bush offered shock and awe, Obama offers the hem and haw. War, but not a serious one; aid, but of the “non-lethal kind”; a desire to draw red lines, but a tendency to hope nobody notices them. Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:30:45 EDT Haroon Moghul f8de5017-5952-4596-9fd7-fcbb38347044 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/2013/08/17/how-guide-keeping-events-egypt It’s all about who you follow. Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:11:27 EDT Haroon Moghul 633bdeb4-0300-43d1-9b33-12b19601b907 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/2013/08/14/massacre-islamists-egyptian-military-likely-strategic And the jihadists are watching with glee… Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:51:53 EDT Haroon Moghul 80fda167-4eca-4aa5-9006-ab7d7946db4b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/12/20/which-islamists-religion-and-syrian-civil-war A scholar returning from a visit with Syrian opposition figures discusses the role of religion in the Syrian civil war, including whether it’s a sectarian war, what Americans need to know, and whether a post-war Syria will be an Islamic state. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:08:55 EST Haroon Moghul 959c1982-0b11-4106-90f8-8ebe1995ba73 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/12/05/confusion-kardashian-misreading-middle-east What happens in the Middle East isn’t always about us. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:55:32 EST Haroon Moghul fec6cfd7-ce7b-49f9-9b60-48bd2126291d https://religiondispatches.org/2012/09/24/rage-or-courage-youtube-terrorism-take-two What is it about rage that pervades so much thinking about Islam? Start by picking up the latest issues of Time and Newsweek—America’s airport reading—and talking to Google. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:22:21 EDT Bruce B. Lawrence 33d6ed15-faf9-482e-a342-b398159e9061 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/25/how-prevent-ethnic-cleansing-syria In the Muslim world, pluralism collides with democracy and sovereignty, which is far more interesting and alarming than the battle lines we’ve imposed on the Middle East—of secularists versus Islamists, of free-thinking liberals versus religious autocrats. Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:02:16 EDT Haroon Moghul 3b6337a4-7c23-4e32-b2d9-403bec7680d5 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/14/when-i-have-fears-middle-east-may-cease-be As I watch the latest news from Egypt, that the country’s parliament has been dissolved by a Mubarak-era court, I wonder: Has the revolution ended before it began? Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:40:14 EDT Haroon Moghul 03bb6562-9542-4361-b554-495f735f35b8 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/17/war-terror-over-tahrir-buried-it Assuming religious politics will play a significant role in the new government after the elections, will it be radical, moderate, or just the familiar gridlock experienced by most democracies? Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:18:35 EDT Mark Juergensmeyer a4f7ce79-8bfb-47e4-84ff-c27aae416028 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/19/islamists-vs-markets-egypts-election-analyzed Left or Right, the market always seems to win. This is actually where I would locate the greater threat to Arab democracy, and the temptation to slide into some form of authoritarianism, older or newer. As the people of the region confront the reality that they have little say over economic policy, and will be forced to accede to the contingencies of global capitalism, they may well become immensely frustrated by the scale of change and demand something different. Considering how volatile European and American politics have become, and how frequently we now see street protests and even supposedly stable and demure countries, how much more so these new democracies? Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:59:52 EDT Haroon Moghul 6ae9e9f3-3cf8-4b99-83fb-4c44f35fcdd6 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/2011/10/25/shariah-spring-media-gets-it-backwards If we read the Arab Spring as a zero-sum game between Islamists and secularists, we’re going to miss what’s happening; if we imagine Arab democracy will look like secular Western democracy, we will likely be disappointed. And if we assume reference to Islam and democracy reveals only hypocrisy, insincerity, or ideological confusion, we’re likely to be surprised. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:13:27 EDT Haroon Moghul 5665b1f5-92ca-4eae-ad1a-3f47644efcf5 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/10/20/qaddafi-dies-should-it-matter-how Seeing what happened to Qaddafi, it is hard to deny there is not an epic arc of evil rising and consuming itself. Still, those who rage at dictators should also tremble at any tendency in their direction. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:56:49 EDT Haroon Moghul 3128aac8-5418-4205-8fe0-614707c46f60 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