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Takfirism or J.Lo: The theology of regime survival (opens the original)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) sign a trilateral joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026. [TUR Presidency /Murat Cetinmuhurdar – Anadolu Agency] For years, Mohammed bin Salman appeared determined to prove that Saudi Arabia could be modernized by exchanging the stern face of clerical authority for the smiling face of entertainment capitalism. The kingdom of injunctions
Takfirism or J.Lo: The Theology of Regime Survival | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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For years, Mohammed bin Salman appeared determined to prove that Saudi Arabia could be modernized by exchanging the stern face of clerical authority for the smiling face of entertainment capitalism. The kingdom of injunctions would become the kingdom of investment forums, Formula One, celebrity concerts and carefully imported glamour. Then Ansar Allah advanced, Saudi security came under pressure, Washington grew less dependable — and suddenly Islam was summoned back from storage.Theology, it tur
Aafia, Adiala, and the Architecture of the War on Terror | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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There is something revealing about the geography of Muslim moral courage. Western Muslim leaders and institutions can summon magnificent clarity when the perpetrator is Washington, Delhi or Tel Aviv. They have spoken, often rightly and courageously, about Palestine, Kashmir, Islamophobia, Guantánamo, rendition, drone warfare and the obscenities committed under the banner of the War on Terror.The harder test begins when the road leads somewhere less comfortable.To Islamabad.And two names now expo
Aafia, Adiala, and the architecture of the War on Terror (opens the original)
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Defense of human rights ( DHR ) supporters protest to release Aafia Siddiqui in Rawalpindi, on 21 March 2017 [Zubair Abbasi/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images] There is something revealing about the geography of Muslim moral courage. Western Muslim leaders and institutions can summon magnificent clarity when the perpetrator is Washington, Delhi or Tel Aviv. They have spoken, often rightly and courageously, about Palestine, Kashmir, Islamophobia, Guantánamo, rendition, drone warfare and t
Imran Khan, Islamabad, and the Silence of Muslim Leadership | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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There is often an uncomfortable unevenness in contemporary Muslim moral courage. Western Muslim leaders and organizations have shown admirable clarity in confronting the crimes of Empire and Zionism. The more difficult test comes when the same principles implicate governments, institutions or relationships closer to home.Pakistan has become an unusually revealing test.Western Muslim leaders and organizations have rightly spoken forcefully about Palestine, Hindutva, Kashmir, Islamophobia and the
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