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6 days, 19 hours ago

How Turkey is taking a strategic turn from Turkism to Islamism

Turkey’s decision to replace “Central Asia” with “Turkestan” reflects a broader strategy to redefine its regional and global role. By fostering a shared Turkic identity and promoting Islamist governance, Turkey seeks to strengthen its influence in Central Asia and beyond Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan political Islam and pan-Islamism have become integral to both domestic and foreign policies of Turkey. …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Hindus attacked, Islamism on rise: How Bangladesh is disparaging the legacy of its own founder

Firstpost

The attacks on minorities and rising Islamist fundamentalism are a deep betrayal, reflecting a dangerous drift away from Mujibur Rahman’s ideas and the very values that once shaped the Bangladeshi freedom struggle As per media reports, Bangladesh is set to remove the image of the country’s founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, affectionately known as ‘Bangabandhu’, from its currency notes. Amidst …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

US military takes pride in religious diversity. Would things change if Pete Hegseth takes charge?

Associated Press

It was a history-making event: In a chapel at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, 2nd Lt. Khady Ndiaye stood proudly -- wearing a hijab – as she became the first Muslim woman commissioned by the U.S. Army as a chaplain candidate. Today’s military “is one of the most diverse institutions in American society, racially, ethnically and especially religiously,” said Ronit Stahl, …

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6 months ago

How Authoritarian Oppression Breeds Religious Extremism in Central Asia

The Diplomat

For centuries, Central Asia has served as a major center of Islamic culture and civilization. Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev sought to isolate Central Asia from the Muslim world and replace Islam with Soviet-backed doctrines of communism and atheism by such measures as closing or destroying mosques and religious schools, burning veils in public, and discontinuing Islamic Shariah …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

British councillor shouts ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ after being elected in local polls: The West is about to discover how Islamists use democracy to subvert freedom and civilisation

Op India

After achieving victory in the municipal election, a video of the recently elected British councillor for Leeds city council yelling “Allah-hu-Akbar” has gone viral over the internet. pic.twitter.com/GYvPzkJHgU — David Atherton May 5, 2024 About Mothin Ali wearing a Palestinian scarf Ali’s rise to prominence within the UK Green Party developed with his victory in the Leeds Council elections, where …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Muslims overwhelmingly want to see Rahul Gandhi as India's PM: Read why

Op India

The Indian General Election is likely to be held in India between April and May 2024 to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The poll results revealed that while 61% of general voters and 70% of Forward Caste voters want PM Modi to continue as the Prime Minister of the country, 52% of the Muslims in India want …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Britain’s ‘Mysterious’ Silence on Growing Islamist Terror and Violence - News18

News 18

As the population of Christians in the United Kingdom plummets to below 50 percent and Britain’s Muslim population rises to almost 7 percent, the country grapples with major demographic changes. As a devout Muslim who calls the UK home, he has long researched Islamism and terrorism and has often noted the phenomenon of brushing Islamist violence under the carpet. When …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan is proof that Islamism as State policy kills the economy

Firstpost

To claw out of the deep economic ditch, Pakistan needs to scrape off its jihadi DNA and hatred of the other. But as the rich and smart parts of the Islamic world move away from fundamentalism as State policy, Pakistan kept pushing extremism within and across its border through its alliance of three Ms — Military, Mullah, and Mujahideen. Its …

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2 years ago

With Indonesia’s rising Islamism and extramarital sex ban, are places like Bali safe for tourists?

Firstpost

Islamism has been on the rise in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world The wolf of Islamism in Indonesia is quietly putting its sheep-skin coat back on the hanger. After global bad press on the new Islamist diktat, Indonesian authorities sought to dispel tourists’ fears saying they will not be touched. Some local governments imposed local …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Why Modi Government Should Be Applauded for Banning PFI - News18

News 18

The Narendra Modi government banned the Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency, carried out a massive crackdown last Thursday. It’s high time to understand why PFI is a gateway to terrorism, how its vulture activism has caused damage to Muslim society, and why every Indian citizen should appreciate …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded

Firstpost

Islamist groups often become a pain under the nose, not only for the countries, but also for the Muslim community Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the infamous Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency carried out a massive crackdown on last Thursday. It’s high time to …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Changing demography and demands of Sharia: Growing Islamism becoming a security concern in Nepal, says Kapilvastu MP

Op India

There have been several reports in the recent past highlighting the rapidly changing demography in the sections of India near the Indo-Nepal border. The problem of Rohingya Muslims While shedding some light on the problem of Rohingya Muslims, Abhishek Pratap Shah told OpIndia, “A large number of Rohingyas have infiltrated the northern areas of Nepal. Looking forward to the Hindu …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Right Word | Banna, Qutb, Maududi: Three keys to understanding Islamist violence from Jahangirpuri to Stockholm

Firstpost

The ideological foundation for the fanatic and violent identity politics of Islamists was laid down by Hassan al Banna, Sayyid Qutb and Maulana Abul Ala Maududi in the 20th century What has triggered the violence in Hindu processions of Ram Navami and Hanuman Janmaotsav at several places across Bharat recently? Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Trans-Jordan, Palestine, …

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2 years, 9 months ago

How the Left continues to deny the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus by slandering The Kashmir Files

Op India

Vivek Agnihotri directed ‘The Kashmir Files’, which chronicles one of the darkest chapters of Independent India’s history—the bloodcurdling genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir—was released to a rousing reception in cinema halls this past week. However, in India, there are some belonging to the Left persuasion who are vigorously trying to discredit ‘The Kashmir Files’ and denying the genocide of …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: The Murders of Kishan Bharwad and Harsha Show Radical Islamism Needs to Be Nipped in The Bud

News 18

With each passing day, the grisly day-light murder of a 27-year-old Hindu man, Kishan Bharwad, from Dhandhuka near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, reveals the ghastly face of Islamist fundamentalism. As the events of the day unfold, the brutal face of Islamism emerges, recalling the assassination of the late Kamlesh Tiwari of Uttar Pradesh, a similar case of alleged “blasphemy.” Blasphemy and …

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3 years, 1 month ago

The great Pakistani cricket bigotry: From Waqar Younis to Imran Khan to Shoaib Akhtar

Op India

Cricket is a sport, but for people in the subcontinent, and of India in particular, it is a religion. Here are some of the incidents when Pakistani cricketers have voiced their support to radical Islamism and poured scorn on other faiths:- Waqar Younis’ brazenly communal utterances against Hindus Recently, Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis said it was very special for …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Recent Killings Show Kashmiriyat Distorted by Islamism; It Needs Reform

News 18

On April 9, 1962, a young black man by the name of Roman Ducksworth Jr. was heading to the town of Taylorsville, Mississippi, to see his wife who had just given birth. In fact, until the abrogation of Article 370, the only state languages in Jammu and Kashmir were English and Urdu. The second is Article 370, which allowed Jammu …

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3 years, 3 months ago

What is left of America (and its experts) in the Taliban era?

Al Jazeera

Why is it that a superpower so rich in experts, scholars, pundits and policymakers keeps messing up in the Greater Middle East? Even by the usual American standards, the collapse of the US-built and generously When a ragtag movement, supposedly crushed into oblivion by the most powerful military alliance on the planet, and bombed and re-bombed to smithereens for over …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Islamic State's bombing of Kabul airport challenges the US and Taliban. What is the next move?

ABC

Joe Biden has pledged to "hunt down" those responsible for the suicide bombing at Kabul airport. Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader and founder, Mullah Omar, emerged out of the Soviet invasion and ten year occupation of Afghanistan from 1979. Taliban leader Mullah Omar offered sanctuary to Osama bin Laden. As Taliban leader of Afghanistan, Mullah Omar offered sanctuary to …

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3 years, 5 months ago

After the fall of ISIS, Islamists are now using 'wokes' to propagate radicalism under the concept of Dawa

Op India

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch American activist, writer, and columnist, best known for her assertion that Islam is elementally incompatible with the democratic values cherished in the West, has penned an article in The Unherd, arguing how the Islamic radicals and those who romanticised the idea of a puritanical version of Islam are radically recalibrating their strategy after the …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Can Pakistan Ignore the Rise of the TLP & Its Rabid Islamism?

The Quint

In 2006, Pervez Musharraf launched the “Enlightened Moderation” national programme with the aim of de-intensifying religious militancy at home and softening the international image of Pakistan, so as to enter the “War against Terrorism”. Thus, a Barelvi religious scholar was appointed as the federal minister for religious affairs, and six Barelvis were appointed to the Council of Islamic Ideology, a …

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3 years, 7 months ago

France: Military personnel warn govt against Islamism, say it will lead to civil war

Op India

In a second warning to the French government, a group of presently serving French soldiers have published an open letter in a conservative magazine warning the French President Macron of a brewing ‘civil war.’ The letter raised concerns over the ‘survival’ of France, warning the President against the ‘concessions’ he made to Islamism despite being aware of the potential threat. …

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3 years, 10 months ago

France Summons Pak Envoy Over President Alvi's Remarks on Bill Against Radical Islamism

News 18

The French foreign ministry has summoned Pakistan’s envoy to protest claims by President Arif Alvi that a French bill cracking down on radical Islam stigmatises Muslims. “I urge the political leadership of France not to entrench these attitudes into laws… You have to bring people together — not to stamp a religion in a certain manner and create disharmony among …

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How Turkey is taking a strategic turn from Turkism to Islamism

Hindus attacked, Islamism on rise: How Bangladesh is disparaging the legacy of its own founder

US military takes pride in religious diversity. Would things change if Pete Hegseth takes charge?

How Authoritarian Oppression Breeds Religious Extremism in Central Asia

British councillor shouts ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ after being elected in local polls: The West is about to discover how Islamists use democracy to subvert freedom and civilisation

Muslims overwhelmingly want to see Rahul Gandhi as India's PM: Read why

Britain’s ‘Mysterious’ Silence on Growing Islamist Terror and Violence - News18

Pakistan is proof that Islamism as State policy kills the economy

With Indonesia’s rising Islamism and extramarital sex ban, are places like Bali safe for tourists?

Why Modi Government Should Be Applauded for Banning PFI - News18

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded

Changing demography and demands of Sharia: Growing Islamism becoming a security concern in Nepal, says Kapilvastu MP

Right Word | Banna, Qutb, Maududi: Three keys to understanding Islamist violence from Jahangirpuri to Stockholm

How the Left continues to deny the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus by slandering The Kashmir Files

Opinion: The Murders of Kishan Bharwad and Harsha Show Radical Islamism Needs to Be Nipped in The Bud

The great Pakistani cricket bigotry: From Waqar Younis to Imran Khan to Shoaib Akhtar

Opinion: Recent Killings Show Kashmiriyat Distorted by Islamism; It Needs Reform

What is left of America (and its experts) in the Taliban era?

Islamic State's bombing of Kabul airport challenges the US and Taliban. What is the next move?

After the fall of ISIS, Islamists are now using 'wokes' to propagate radicalism under the concept of Dawa

Can Pakistan Ignore the Rise of the TLP & Its Rabid Islamism?

France: Military personnel warn govt against Islamism, say it will lead to civil war

France Summons Pak Envoy Over President Alvi's Remarks on Bill Against Radical Islamism