https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to tahrir square en 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/2012/06/14/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/2011/12/20/emad-effat-shaykh-egyptian-revolution-shot-dead-during-protest Despite a media blackout on the killing of Shaykh Emad, who refused to see the protests as illegitimate rebellion, Twitter and Facebook were on fire with expressions of sadness and outrage. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:24:07 EST H. al-Zoubeir e896f105-3df0-49d7-8739-28b5de0dcfc7 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/10/muslim-mickey-mouse-tweet-egyptian-wedge-issue So the FJP says to the FEP: hey, you’ve insulted Islam. Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:38:35 EDT Joseph Hammond 574f500a-2a08-4421-ae03-503ef9613b0b https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/30/muslim-mickey-mouse-tweet-christian-billionaire-sparks-controversy Or are Salafi groups setting a political mousetrap for Sawiris? Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:47:09 EDT Joseph Hammond 5bb91092-6563-455a-abe7-72f6ab872d50 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/05/02/jihadi-revolution-dead-bin-ladens-death-didnt-kill-it Tahrir Square clearly proved both bin Laden and his lieutenant al-Zawahiri wrong. Mon, 02 May 2011 11:23:08 EDT Mark Juergensmeyer a29a8713-c4a5-4250-bceb-dea4d333bede https://religiondispatches.org/2011/04/11/folly-arab-west-elite-elite-dialogue Last week’s Arab League meetings among like-minded Western and Arab elites highlighted the need for projects like “Tahrir Squared” Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:32:30 EDT H.A. Hellyer 98a5dbc7-dada-456b-b8ba-c8d5539318cb 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/2011/02/21/squaring-tahrir-square What began as a negative movement to topple a dictator is transforming into a positive call. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:42:42 EST H.A. Hellyer 1ea9352f-b9ac-4ad6-8d2c-0896b82e0520 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/14/what-square-beat-mubarak The Square has redefined what the word ‘revolution’ can actually mean. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:13:34 EST H.A. Hellyer 34101f5d-7081-4d07-a0dd-a564ebb39ac9 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/04/uneasy-coexistence-cairo-rumor-mill-muslim-principle-isnad Amid the confusion on the streets, Egyptians struggle to understand what’s happening—and what to do. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:23:25 EST H.A. Hellyer da086f72-64cc-4b43-96dc-072bea477197