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Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi moves to grant himself broad powers over the judiciary, sparking mass rallies across Egypt. Chairman of Quilliam Maajid Nawaz, a former Amnesty International adopted Prisoner of Conscience in Egypt, poses serious questions surrounding Morsi’s motives. Egypt’s Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, propelled to power by the Muslim...

In the past decade, efforts to integrate Muslim communities have concentrated on securitization and the counterterrorism agenda, and as a result, the integration of these very communities that governments sought to tame has been deemed a failure. This short concept paper examines the current situation of many Muslim communities and...

Following the international furore in recent weeks over the amateurish, inflammatory and offensive film, Innocence of Muslims, there have been calls around the world to introduce or strengthen rules that would become akin to global blasphemy laws. Dozens of people, including US Ambassador Stevens in Libya who was killed by...

The military assault against the US Consulate in Benghazi should not be seen as part of a protest against a low budget film which was insulting Islam – there were just a few peaceful protesters present at the event. Indeed, there have been no other demonstrations regarding this film in...

After eighteen months of fighting in the Syrian revolution against the al-Assad clan dictatorship, the world is still asking the same old questions – Who are the fighters? What do they stand for? Where are they from? There is no doubt that the Syrian revolution is a crucial component of...