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It's the Policy, Stupid

It’s the Policy, Stupid

Political Islam and US Foreign Policy

Hamas and political reform in the middle east

Hamas and political reform in the middle east

The lesson of Palestine’s election is that the international community should become more serious and sophisticated about political reform in the middle east, says David Mepham of the Institute for Public Policy Research.

Trial of the Holy Land Foundation begins

Trial of the Holy Land Foundation begins

July 24, 2007 – The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development went on trial today in Dallas, Texas as the federal agents were raiding two other Muslim charities in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Hamas Victory in the Palestinian Elections

The Hamas Victory in the Palestinian Elections

Local and Global Perspectives

International Consultation of Muslim Intellectuals on Islam & Politics

International Consultation of Muslim Intellectuals on Islam & Politics

This two-day discussion brought together experts and scholars from Bangladesh, Egypt, India,Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sudan and Sri Lanka representing academia,non-governmental organizations and think tanks. Among the participants were a number of former government officials and one sitting legislator.

Living with Democracy in Egypt

Living with Democracy in Egypt

Hosni Mubarek was almost elected president of Egypt in September 2005. Not that the seventy-seven-year-old secular autocrat who has ruled that nationfor the past twenty-four years lost the election; by the official count, he took nearly 85 percent of the vote

Political Transitions in the Arab World

Political Transitions in the Arab World

The year 2007 marked the end of a brief interval of political liberalization in the Arab world which began shortly after the occupation of Iraq and which resulted primarily from external pressures on Arab regimes to reform and democratize.

Challenges to Democracy in the Arab and Muslim World

Challenges to Democracy in the Arab and Muslim World

President Bush’s notions that democratizing Iraq will have a ripple effect on the rest ofthe Arab world, bringing prosperity and peace to the region, and that democracy is the panaceafor Islamic terrorism are unsubstantiated as well as grossly misleading.

The W&M Progressive

The W&M Progressive

The development of democratic institutions comes with negative externalities. As a political progressive,
I believe that the big picture – establishing a solid democratic foundation – outweighs the possible emergence of political parties that may advocate religious or gender intolerance.

Civil society and Democratization in the Arab World

Civil society and Democratization in the Arab World

Different researches about Civil society and Democratization in the Arab World

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