What is behind Austria’s plan to outlaw ‘political Islam’?
Source:Financial Times Date:01Dec2020
Mr Kurz changed the legislation to stipulate criteria for the appointment of imams, restrict foreign funding for religious institutions and designate representative bodies. In June 2018, as
Emmanuel Macron launches campaign against political Islam
Source:Financial Times Date:19Feb2020
This is not going to make Mr Erdogan happy, I can tell you right away! Mr Macron announced measures to tighten controls on foreign financing of mosques, to end the nomination by Algeria,
Turkey’s Islamist meddling in Libya conflict
Source:Ahval News Date:16Apr2019
A rare article explaining Turkey’s position in the escalating Libyan civil war With the civil war in Libya heating up once again, Turkey’s role there may become significantly more
The Breakneck Islamization of Turkey’s Education System
Source:Gatestone Institute Date:28Oct2018
All the same, the number of “imam hatip” schools has climbed from 450 in 2002 to 4,112 in 2017. Meanwhile, there are only 302 specialized science high schools in the country. Imam
Stung by secularism, now defending it: A Muslim feminist worries about Erdogan’s ‘new Turkey’
Source:cbcnews Date:03Nov2017
This is a story of how AKP’s authoritarian Islamism is losing it support: Sonmez worries the conservative government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan — which women like her helped elect — is
In Turkey’s New Curriculum, Ataturk, Darwin and Jihad Get Face-Lifts
Source:New York Times Date:19Sep2017
I’ve resisted the temptation for long to post articles criticizing Turkey’s new school curriculum, but it seems to attract world-wide interest and very relevant in the light of OECD
Can political Islam make it in the modern world?
Source:The Economist Date:30Aug2017
A comprehensive investigation by the Economist on the nature of political Islam in the Moslem world. It is lacking in one fundamental respect. Political Islam never delivered economic