sunni islam https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to sunni islam en Reports of the Death of ISIS Have Been Greatly Exaggerated https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/08/reports-death-isis-have-been-greatly-exaggerated When the Iraqi government announced the end of ISIS control over its territory on December 9, 2017, there were a few celebrations in Baghdad. December 10 was proclaimed a public holiday, and a military parade marched down the main streets… Mon, 08 Jan 2018 02:32:38 EST Mark Juergensmeyer 082acd32-1088-483f-9e79-f40b72a5ed35 No, Sunni and Shia Muslims Have Not Been Fighting Forever https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/06/no-sunni-and-shia-muslims-have-not-been-fighting-forever Several days ago, before the Saudi government’s execution of prominent Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr took tensions between Riyadh and Teheran to a new high, a reader emailed me a deceptively ordinary question. It’s worth a second look, not only… Wed, 06 Jan 2016 01:34:45 EST Haroon Moghul b76b08df-c014-4333-aa04-f13d95b1d354 It's Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq's Sectarian Conflicts https://religiondispatches.org/2014/08/12/its-theology-not-baseball-misunderstanding-iraqs-sectarian-conflicts Nothing is as conducive to global radical mobilization as an exclusive theological summons. Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:37:13 EDT Amyn B. Sajoo 2c975bbd-f8bf-4fb3-8437-7b2bf61cee5d Syria Receives Sudanese Weapons on Ukrainian Aircraft via Qatar and Turkey https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/13/syria-receives-sudanese-weapons-ukrainian-aircraft-qatar-and-turkey Just when you thought Syria couldn’t get more confusing… Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:22:07 EDT Haroon Moghul 4ce1091a-f190-4134-891f-b2fa20213f9d Religion and Violence? Short Answer: “Religion” Does Not Exist in a Vacuum https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/25/religion-and-violence-short-answer-religion-does-not-exist-vacuum It is patronizing to reduce religion to “ethics” or “values.” Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:24:17 EDT Matt Recla cb986583-9987-4427-b3ed-e2bb704c799a Was Islam Responsible for the Boston Bombings, or Was “Internet Islam”? https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/25/was-islam-responsible-boston-bombings-or-was-internet-islam RD bloggers have rightly asked the question of the depth of the “piety” of the Tsarnaevs. That too misses a vital point. I do not for a moment discount the sincerity of the feelings for Islam by the Tsarnaev brothers. But, what Islam was the object of those feelings? I would offer that it was for an “Internet Islam”—for an abstract, compact, easily rendered Islam, fed by the representations flowing from out of the ether! Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:05:46 EDT Ivan Strenski 91b08d75-55d3-4cfa-b7f0-de498c658325 Which Islamists?: Religion and the Syrian Civil War 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 New Egyptian Appointee Vows to Prevent Sunnis from Falling into ‘Shi‘i Trap’ https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/13/new-egyptian-appointee-vows-prevent-sunnis-falling-shii-trap Sunni leaders, despite having a supermajority within Islam still fear conversions to Shi’ism. Thu, 13 May 2010 11:15:48 EDT Christopher Anzalone 831696ee-1053-4291-bd10-965bfa2b1dac Barack's “My Plan for Iraq” a Missed Opportunity https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/11/baracks-my-plan-iraq-missed-opportunity The current mess in Iraq provides Obama with an opportunity to demonstrate his knowledge about the conflict and difference between Sunni and Shi’ite… Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:25:48 EDT Louis A. Ruprecht 56c6ac2c-fc6b-4d62-8083-38f6ea42ead8