Al-Azhar sheikh says protesting forbidden in Islam - Bikya Masr - 0 views
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Al-Azhar is the most influential Islamic institution in the country, however, in recent years it has become more in line with the government and most Egyptians have ignored fatwas that have been released
Acknowledging political Islam - Opinion - Al Jazeera English - 0 views
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Whatever their pro-democratic rhetoric, when faced with a choice between the ascension of religiously conservative Arab nationalists overtly opposed to US policy in the region on the one hand, and repression on the other, the West was prepared to support repression. My friend from WINEP, no doubt, approved.
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it seemed to me that the Arab masses, if denied the opportunity for political recourse through democratic means, would turn instead to revolutionary forces who embraced a far more radical and violent conception of Islam.
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when push comes to shove, the US and other western governments, to the extent they can influence events at all, will opt, in Mr. ElBaradei's words, for the elusive promise of stability.
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Donor-driven Islam ? | openDemocracy - 0 views
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Three examples of the policy direction of Anglo-American international development agencies, particularly DFID and USAID, highlight the new directions of ‘donor-driven Islam’ - development assistance that introduces a creeping theocratization of formerly rights-based approaches to gender.
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Ulama is a vague umbrella term for an imagined clergy which has no constitutional nor democratic legitimacy.
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If anything, the widespread practice of contracting the assistance of local religious leaders for distributing contraception and for other gender-related projects has resulted in the empowerment of a traditionally discredited local clergy. In Baluchistan, in an interview with the author, development activists agreed that these amounted to “Rent-A-Maulvi” projects.
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Women keep wary eye on Tunisian revolt - 0 views
New alcohol rules trigger call for sober assessment in Turkey - Hurriyet Daily News and... - 0 views
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New restrictions on alcohol and drinks advertising have prompted sober damage control by the government following heated debate and confusion about how far new rules would go to curtail sale and consumption of beer, wine and spirits.
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The ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is a strong backer of the new regulations, which also restrict sports teams from using the names of alcoholic drink brands in their squad names. The public has expressed concern that this change may require the closure of the well-known Turkish basketball team Efes Pilsen, which was established by a major brewery firm and uses the name and logo of the company’s most popular brand of beer.
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The Efes Pilsen Blues Festival, the first and only blues festival in Turkey and a long-running tradition for 20 years, will not be allowed to continue unless its name is changed so as not to contain any elements of the alcohol brand name.
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Secular Good, Muslim Bad: Unveiling Tunisia's Revolution | Religion Dispatches - 0 views
Guest Voices: An Islamic sermon for the world - On Faith at washingtonpost.com - 0 views
Thou shall not teach humanism: ALP - 0 views
Breaking Down False Idols - 0 views
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