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    Saudi religious moderation: the world’s foremost publisher of Qur’ans has yet to get the message
    James M. Dorsey
    • 3 days ago
    • 5 min

    Saudi religious moderation: the world’s foremost publisher of Qur’ans has yet to get the message

    James M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. When the religious affairs minister...
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    Can Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam inspire a Hindu nationalist equivalent?
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 9
    • 5 min

    Can Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam inspire a Hindu nationalist equivalent?

    James M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. There's a potential silver lining...
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    Hamas eyes Malaysia as a possible operations base
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 6
    • 5 min

    Hamas eyes Malaysia as a possible operations base

    James M. Dorsey A podcast version is available on Soundcloud,Itunes, Spotify, Spreaker, and Podbean. Malaysia has emerged as a potential...
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    Holocaust Museum in Indonesia highlights stakes in a battle for the soul of Islam
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 4
    • 4 min

    Holocaust Museum in Indonesia highlights stakes in a battle for the soul of Islam

    James M. Dorsey Controversy over the opening of Southeast Asia’s first Holocaust museum highlights differences in the Muslim world over...
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    Saudi diplomacy needs flesh on its skeleton of sports and religion
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 11
    • 5 min

    Saudi diplomacy needs flesh on its skeleton of sports and religion

    James M. Dorsey Like Qatar, after winning the right to host this year's World Cup, Saudi Arabia is discovering the pitfalls of seeking...
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    Saudi and Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond their borders
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 8
    • 6 min

    Saudi and Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond their borders

    James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have drawn praise for social reforms that have domestically reduced the role of...
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    Pakistan revamps education at the point of a gun
    James M. Dorsey
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Pakistan revamps education at the point of a gun

    By James M. Dorsey Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a rare clerical voice in Pakistan. A prominent religious scholar and former member of the...
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    Saudi religious moderation is as much pr as it is theology
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Saudi religious moderation is as much pr as it is theology

    November 30, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Mohammed Ali al-Husseini, one of Saudi Arabia’s newest naturalized citizens, ticks all the boxes...
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    Saudi keeps eye on religious ball in global competition for talent
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Saudi keeps eye on religious ball in global competition for talent

    November 17, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has tamed his kingdom’s ultra-conservative religious...
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    Whither Muslim solidarity and moderation?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Whither Muslim solidarity and moderation?

    November 11, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki AlFaisal Al Saud must have gotten his tenses mixed up...
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    South Asia replaces the Middle East as the epicentre of Muslim religious ultra-conservatism
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    South Asia replaces the Middle East as the epicentre of Muslim religious ultra-conservatism

    November 08, 2021 By James M. Dorsey As Middle Eastern states attempt to manage their political and security differences, Muslim-majority...
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    How much is religious soft power worth? Indonesian President Jokowi searches for answers in Abu Dhab
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 5 min

    How much is religious soft power worth? Indonesian President Jokowi searches for answers in Abu Dhab

    November 06, 2021 By James M. Dorsey An Indonesian promise to work with the United Arab Emirates to promote ‘moderate’ Islam raises...
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    Ultraconservative triumph puts Pakistan at risk
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 5 min

    Ultraconservative triumph puts Pakistan at risk

    November 04, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have averted for now further violence by caving in to...
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    Religious ultra-conservatism has a field day in Pakistan. It puts Saudi Arabia on the Spot
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Religious ultra-conservatism has a field day in Pakistan. It puts Saudi Arabia on the Spot

    October 30, 2021 By James M. Dorsey Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism is having a field day. Barely three months after the Taliban claimed...
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    Reducing Middle East tensions potentially lessens sectarianism and opens doors for women
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    Reducing Middle East tensions potentially lessens sectarianism and opens doors for women

    By James M. Dorsey Two separate developments involving improved relations between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and women’s sporting rights...
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    Comparing textbooks: Even Afghanistan scores better than Pakistan
    James M. Dorsey
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Comparing textbooks: Even Afghanistan scores better than Pakistan

    By James M. Dorsey Societal struggles and reform often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into...
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    Afghanistan highlights link between religious soft power and Gulf security
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    Afghanistan highlights link between religious soft power and Gulf security

    By James M. Dorsey When Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Thani this week described the Taliban’s repressive...
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    The Battle for the Soul of Islam: Will the real reformer of the faith stand up?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Battle for the Soul of Islam: Will the real reformer of the faith stand up?

    By James M. Dorsey Saudi and Emirati efforts to define ‘moderate’ Islam as socially more liberal while being subservient to an autocratic...
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    Indonesian G20 presidency promises to put a ‘battle for the soul of Islam’ on the front burner
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Indonesian G20 presidency promises to put a ‘battle for the soul of Islam’ on the front burner

    By James M. Dorsey Indonesian religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas set the bar high for President Joko Widodo as well as...
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    Opposing Hindutava: US conference raises troubling questions
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    Opposing Hindutava: US conference raises troubling questions

    By James M. Dorsey Controversy over a recent ‘Dismantling Global Hindutava’ conference that targeted a politically charged expression of...
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