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Jordan's Islamist opposition grows stronger with election win

IAF capitalises on anger over Israel and new laws, securing historic gains in a changing political landscape




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Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches

Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches




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From Islamists to Muslim Democrats: The case of Tunisia’s Ennahda

       




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Islamists on Islamism: An interview with Rabih Dandachli, former leader in Lebanon’s Gamaa al-Islamiyya

We continue here Brookings’s ongoing video interview series with Islamist leaders and activists, as part of our Rethinking Political Islam initiative. We asked each participant to discuss the state of his or her movement and reflect on lessons learned from the crises of the Arab Spring era, including the rise of ISIS, the Syrian civil […]

      
 
 




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Collusion to Crackdown: Islamist-Military Relations in Egypt


Nearly two years after ousting President Muhammad Morsi, Egypt’s military continues to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood. Much like during Egypt’s 1952-54 political transition, the recent interactions between the powerful armed state bureaucracy and the influential religious organization have had a major impact on the country’s political trajectory. In both instances, the military and Muslim Brotherhood initially cooperated before ultimately clashing violently. How has each entity determined what approach to take toward the other? What does a continued imbalance in civil-military relations mean for Egypt’s future?

In a new Brookings Doha Center Analysis Paper, Omar Ashour examines the legacies and patterns of cooperation and conflict between the leaderships of Egypt’s military and the Muslim Brotherhood. Relying on extensive field research, he analyzes how each entity has made its critical decisions regarding the other by applying various decision-making models. Ashour considers the impact of cost-benefit analysis, organizational dynamics, factional disputes, and psychological factors to gain a deep understanding of the leaders’ motives.

Read "Collusion to Crackdown: Islamist-Military Relations in Egypt"

Ashour concludes that Egypt's prospects for social stability and economic recovery will remain bleak if the relationship between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood is not redefined within institutional, democratic rules of political competition. He argues that Egypt’s military should embrace a balanced civil-military relationship to realize broad, long-term benefits and avoid otherwise inevitable and costly clashes with segments of Egyptian society. As for the Muslim Brotherhood, Ashour recommends that it reevaluate its recent decisions and work to develop a sustained, solid, and cross-ideological civilian front that can pressure the military to leave politics and allow for democratization.

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Mozambique’s Islamist insurgency adds to gas industry nerves

Violence surges as sector faces headwinds from oil price crash and coronavirus 




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Thousands of EU prisoners may have been radicalised as Islamist militants, security chief warns

Julian King (pictured in Brussels) said there were more than 1,000 people being held on terror charges and said that others imprisoned for unrelated crimes may also have been radicalised.




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Muslim-majority Indonesia braces for Christmas terror attacks by radical Islamists

Police and military personnel will be deployed to secure Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and focused on predominantly Christian regions like Papua.




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Christian pastor is beheaded by Islamists in Nigeria after appealing for help in Boko Haram video

Reverend Lawan Andimi was killed in Nigeria on Monday, days after appealing for help in a video released by Boko Haram. The Christian pastor was abducted earlier this month.




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Al-Qaeda Islamist 9/11 attack to face in court Guantanamo psychologists

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, 55, was captured in Pakistan in the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, before being locked up in the United States' controversial Guantanamo Bay prison.




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Russian mercenaries are beheaded by ISIS-linked Islamists in Mozambique 

Seven Russian mercenaries were killed in two separate attacks claimed by ISIS in Mozambique last month, including four who were ambushed, shot and then beheaded.




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Former beauty queen who married Islamist fighter goes on trial

Amaani Noor, from Liverpool, is accused of providing money to a group called 'The Merciful Hands'. The former beauty queen is alleged to have given £35.92 to the organisation




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Two terrorists face prison after spreading sermons from jailed Islamist preacher

Mohammed Kamali, 31, and Mohammed Abdul Ahad, 38, published sermons given by notorious terror recruiter Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal, the Old Bailey in London heard.




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Islamists and the politics of the Arab uprisings: governance, pluralisation and contention / edited by Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Paola Rivetti

Dewey Library - BP173.7.I7745 2018




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Islamist party mobilization: Tunisia's Ennahda and Algeria's HMS compared, 1989-2014 / Chuchu Zhang

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Political Islamists in Turkey and the Gülen Movement by Recep Dogan

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Hasan al-Turabi: Islamist politics and democracy in Sudan / W. J. Berridge

Rotch Library - DT157.65.T87 B47 2017




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Jihadi culture: the art and social practices of militant Islamists / edited by Thomas Hegghammer (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI))

Rotch Library - BP182.J54155 2017




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Islamist extremists in Germany trying to recruit young refugees: report



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