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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
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
The Crown Prince and the Bully’s Royal Reversal | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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There are few spectacles more satisfying to ruling elites than watching the man who spent years intimidating everyone else discover that intimidation is not a hereditary privilege.Mohammed bin Salman built his regional reputation on precisely that illusion. He was the prince who could imprison princes, blockade neighbors, summon prime ministers, browbeat allies, terrify businessmen, wage a ruinous war and still be celebrated in Western capitals as the great modernizer of Arabia. Power did not me
Aramco is not the Kaaba (opens the original)
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Muslim pilgrims from various countries around the world who come to perform the Hajj, circumambulate the Masjid al-Haram ahead of the last Friday prayer before Eid al-Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on May 22, 2026. [Ali Atmaca – Anadolu Agency] There are few political tricks more effective than wrapping the interests of a state in the sanctity of God. Saudi Arabia now says that its air defences intercepted an Ansar Allah drone south of Mecca before it entered the Holy City’s restricted airspace. An
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