Archive for October, 2007
Hamas: Islamic democracy and national liberation
By Sukant Chandan, Conflicts Forum, October 15, 2007
The Hamas election victory in January 2006 has led to an increased interest in the Islamic Resistance Movement. Hitherto little had been understood of Hamas’ history, political and social strategy and tactics. Rather rumors and cheap prejudice against Hamas have been rampant across the political spectrum in the […]
Posted: October 15th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Hamas, Political Islam, Secularism.
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The failure of the Palestinian national unity government and the Gaza takeover
A Conflicts Forum Chronology, October 15, 2007
The Failure of the National Unity Government and the Gaza Takeover: December 2005 to July 2007 [PDF], is a detailed chronology, documenting events leading up to the signing, on February 8, 2007, of the Mecca Agreement ending factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah, leading to the formation of a […]
Posted: October 15th, 2007 under CF REPORTS, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Mecca Agreement, West Bank.
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Ticking clocks and ‘accidental’ war
By Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, October 14, 2007. (An edited version of this article appeared in the October edition of US/ME Policy Brief, US/Middle East Project.)
Whilst Washington looks at the Iranian prospects through the prism of a binary, to bomb or to acquiesce decision, facing President Bush over the remainder of his presidency, the actors […]
Posted: October 14th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, Syria.
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From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism
From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism by Adnan Musallam - a review by Alastair Crooke, Journal of Islamic Studies (Vol 18, Number 3), Oxford University Press, September, 2007
On the face of it an unlikely figure—here was a middle-class intellectual Egyptian from a traditional village background of waning family fortunes; […]
Posted: October 14th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Political Islam.
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Closing NGOs underming Abu Mazen government
From our West Bank Correspondent, Conflicts Forum, October 8, 2007
The Al-Wurud Organization supports 130 poor families by providing food packages during holy days, feasts, and at the beginning of the school year. They hold workshops for women on social, educational and health issues. But the Palestinian government — the emergency government declared by Abu […]
Posted: October 8th, 2007 under CF REPORTS, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinians, West Bank.
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Secularism and Islamism in the Arab world
By Sukant Chandan, Conflicts Forum, October 7, 2007
Secularism in the political leadership in the Arab world has had a very short life-span if put into historical context. It became a dominant political current for a few decades in the latter half of the twentieth century, and today is seeing a near complete collapse in political […]
Posted: October 7th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestinians, Political Islam, Secularism.
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