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Egypt PM in urgent talks over Muslim-Christian clashes
May 08, 2011Egypt's prime minister has called an urgent cabinet meeting following fatal clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo overnight, state media says. Essam Sharaf has postponed a visit to the Gulf in order to discuss the violence that left 10 people...
US could have used Bin Laden's death to expose sympathizers
May 02, 2011The issue of burial is very important in the Muslim mind. There is a special prayer over the body which is typically followed by burial in the dust. Burying in the Islamic way gives the close relatives and friends (or followers in case of bin Laden)...
Pakistan stunned by bin Laden's death
May 02, 2011While much of the reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden has been celebratory, the feeling is very different in the country where U.S. forces found and killed the terrorist leader. In Pakistan, the mood is not jubilant. Rather, there is a sense of...
Indonesian muslims express no sympathy on death of Osama bin Laden
May 02, 2011In Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, many people voiced support for the U.S. operation that killed Osama bin Laden Although Indonesia is home to a variety of militant Islamic organizations that have carried out attacks...
Revolution and the Muslim World
February 24, 2011The Muslim world, from North Africa to Iran, has experienced a wave of instability in the last few weeks. No regimes have been overthrown yet, although as of this writing, Libya was teetering on the brink. There have been moments in history where revolution...
Why the Arab-Israeli conflict has not yet been resolved
December 07, 2010By Tawfik Hamid The Arab Israeli conflict has repeatedly proved itself resistant to negotiated solutions. Despite peace treaties such as the Oslo accord, hatred toward Jews and Israel has risen to unprecedented levels in the Palestinian areas and continues...
Tatars and Bashkirs pursue a more nationalist course
July 26, 2010by Paul Goble Supporters of Mintimir Shaimiyev and Murtaza Rakhimov long suggested that only those two leaders were able to restrain the nationalist movements in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan respectively. Now that Moscow has ousted them, there are indications...
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...
MSD system key to stability among Russia’s Muslims
July 02, 2010by Paul Goble The Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) system in Russia has no canonical basis in Islam, but it does have deep roots in Russian Imperial and Soviet history. And a new book argues that historically it has played a key role in preventing...
Last soviet Mufti in Russia marks 30 years on the job
June 21, 2010by Paul Goble In the past weekend, Talgat Tajuddin, the head of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) who has sometimes styled himself the Supreme Mufti of Holy Rus, marked the 30th anniversary of his selection for that position, one in which...