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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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    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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    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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    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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    Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan’s neighbours
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 7 min

    Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan’s neighbours

    By James M. Dorsey The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold...
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    Bin Laden’s legacy probably surpasses his wildest dreams
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    Bin Laden’s legacy probably surpasses his wildest dreams

    By James M. Dorsey At the very outset of the 21st century, Osama bin Laden wittingly or unwittingly positioned himself with the 9/11...
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    Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance paradigm
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance paradigm

    By James M. Dorsey The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a...
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    AfPak takes on a new meaning with the rise of the Taliban
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    AfPak takes on a new meaning with the rise of the Taliban

    By James M. Dorsey Recent attacks on Kabul’s international airport by the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate raise multiple questions as...
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    Taliban victory threatens to be a double-edged sword for Pakistan and China
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    Taliban victory threatens to be a double-edged sword for Pakistan and China

    By James M. Dorsey Pakistani efforts to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan threaten to reinforce ultra-conservative inclinations...
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    Taliban and Al Qaeda: Putting a fox in charge of the chicken coop?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Taliban and Al Qaeda: Putting a fox in charge of the chicken coop?

    By James M. Dorsey Abu Omar Khorasani was taken from Kabul’s Pul-i-Charkhi prison and unceremoniously shot. The first and only person to...
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    Defining change: Who are the Taliban that conquered Afghanistan?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Defining change: Who are the Taliban that conquered Afghanistan?

    By James M. Dorsey Having taken control, the Taliban want the world to believe that they have become more pragmatic and inclusive in the...
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    Defining moderate Islam: Muslims and Evangelicals forge an alliance
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Defining moderate Islam: Muslims and Evangelicals forge an alliance

    By James M. Dorsey A major Muslim and Evangelical organization joined forces this week to significantly advance hitherto state-backed...
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    Middle Eastern powers vie in shaping a next generation of Muslims
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    Middle Eastern powers vie in shaping a next generation of Muslims

    By James M. Dorsey Education is emerging as a major flashpoint in competing visions of a future Muslim world. Rival concepts being...
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    In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi, schoolbooks
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi, schoolbooks

    By James M. Dorsey In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist...
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    Reform in Saudi Arabia: A road not taken
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Reform in Saudi Arabia: A road not taken

    By James M. Dorsey Saudi Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, a popular but controversial religious scholar who has been mostly in solitary...
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    Muslim scholar: Human rights policy needs to focus on religious scholars, not just activists
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    Muslim scholar: Human rights policy needs to focus on religious scholars, not just activists

    By James M. Dorsey A prominent Muslim scholar has warned that the West’s failure to include the incarceration in Saudi Arabia and...
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    Gulf state religious moderation falls by the wayside in Pakistan
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Gulf state religious moderation falls by the wayside in Pakistan

    By James M. Dorsey Silent about rising sectarian violence in Pakistan, Gulf states vying for religious soft power risk exposing the...
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    Indonesia potentially set to take on China and claim leadership of ‘moderate’ Islam
    James M. Dorsey
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 4 min

    Indonesia potentially set to take on China and claim leadership of ‘moderate’ Islam

    By James M. Dorsey President Joko Widodo’s recent cabinet reshuffle suggests that Indonesia may adopt a more critical attitude towards...
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