Islam
77 victims: Norwegian shooter Anders Breivik won’t be sentenced to jail!
November 29, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Psychiatrists believe that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was insane when he was killing 77 people. According to France Press agency, the doctors Torgayra Husbi and Sorhaym Sonne claim that Breivik is suffering from paranoid...
Palestinian faction Hamas rejects Fatah nominee for PM
June 12, 2011The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has rejected its rival Fatah's nomination of Salam Fayyad as prime minister in a transitional government. The decision came hours after Fatah agreed to back Mr Fayyad, who currently heads the Palestinian Authority...
Politicians Exploit, Exacerbate ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in Moldova
June 06, 2011In the run-up to local elections in Moldova yesterday, some politicians sought to exploit Chisinau’s March 14th decision to register a Muslim group thereby making it appear that Moldova is riven by “a clash of civilizations” -- even...
Islam debate in France sparks controversy
April 06, 2011French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party, the UMP, has hosted a controversial debate on the practice of Islam in secular France. The debate provoked protests from Islamic and other religious groups, and even from some members of the governing party itself...
Playing chess with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
February 07, 2011The US is facing a dilemma on how to deal with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. On one hand, accepting them means accepting an Islamist system that will certainly have an anti-American and anti-Israeli agenda, and on the other hand rejecting and delegitimizing...
Finally, the first true reformation of Islam is starting
January 27, 2011A historic and potentially momentous event occurred on January 24, 2011 impacting the teachings and understanding of Islam. To put that event in perspective, we have seen over the last few decades problems related to Islamism, including terrorism,...
Muslim social networks inside Russia increasingly diverse
July 06, 2010by Paul Goble In the post-Soviet period, the social networks within Russia’s Muslim community have become increasingly intense and diverse, reflecting both broader social and political changes and efforts by various groups within Islam to unite...
Push for federalization of Kyrgyzstan seen having dangerous consequences
May 06, 2010By Paul Goble A new push by supporters of ousted Kyrgyzstan president Kurmanbek Bakiyev to federalize that troubled Central Asian land with Bishkek retaining control only over finances and security could lead to the fragmentation of the country, the...
Apologetic attitudes towards radical Islam aggravate it
December 02, 2009By Tawfik Hamid Ignoring a problem or trying to find justification for the problem instead of confronting it can only make things worse. For example, if someone disregarded the start of a fire in his house, or a doctor ignored the beginning signs of...
Michael Emerson: "Islam, Obama and Europe"
June 30, 2009By Michael Emerson President Obama’s speech in Cairo on June 4th was an outstanding example of public diplomacy in action at the highest strategic level. For some time even before his election, Europeans had become persuaded that this could...