Know Your Islamist Party

This list only contains the Islamist parties in the Arab World. Note that the majority of Muslims (as well as Islamist parties) are not Arab.

There will be a separate case study on the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Courts Union (coming soon) …

The Sufi and the Jihadi: The Dangerous Good Muslim/Bad Muslim Trope

In a recent op-ed from New York Times (“Muslims in the Middle,”August 16th) contributor William Dalrymple writes that “many of our leaders have a tendency to see the Islamic world as a single, terrifying monolith,” unable to discern between the varying “complexities and nuances” rampant within a community of faith that envelops..

Shaykh Issues Fatwa, People Get Stoked

In the thriving and exciting world of usul ul-fiqh – Islamic jurisprudence – comes another unbinding legal opinion (fatwa) that is gaining publicity. Pakistani Islamic scholar Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri recently published