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Poland’s Reckoning with Migration and Security
The problems of illegal migration and potential terrorist threats are relatively new phenomena in Poland. Until recently, Poland was a country of emigration. …
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Iran on the Edge of a Volcano!?
Iran is witnessing decisive historic moments today, as internal tensions escalate and waves of popular protests continue to unfold — protests that reflect …
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The Civil Nature of the State in Islam
Amid the re-formulation of social contracts in the countries of the Arab Spring, there has been a call for a civil and democratic state—even from currents and …
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A Formal Indictment of the Iranian Regime
When the world’s highest human rights authority abandons diplomatic language and describes a state’s actions as “a systematic pattern of using the death penalty …
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Is India Turning Its Back on the United States?
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States shortly after Donald Trump assumed the presidency, the discussions were warm, marked by …
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Islamist Attacker of Solingen Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
The Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf has sentenced the Solingen knife attacker to life imprisonment for three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted …
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Suspicious Tunisian Charities Helped Fund and Transport Over 6,000 Youths to Iraq and Syria to Join ISIS
The High Authority for Administrative and Financial Oversight in Tunisia, in the section of its annual report concerning the funding of associations within the …
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The History of the Muslim Brotherhood: A Secret Armed Apparatus, Assassinations, Bombings, and Turning Jihad into a Political Tool
A new research study by Deputy President of Egypt’s State Council, Justice Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab Khafagi, has once again shed light on the organizational and …
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Civil Society and the State: What Should Their Relationship Be?
This paper explores the reasons behind the failed attempts to give birth to civil society institutions in our miserable East in general, and in Syria in …
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Lebanon: A Historic Day in Court
On a sweltering morning, something unusual unfolds in front of the Justice Palace in the centre of Lebanon’s capital Beirut: a group of men in suits steps out, …
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Islamism versus Civil Society in Turkey – and Brussels Pays the Bill
When Erdoğan came to power in 2002, he promised a “more advanced democracy.” Two decades later, that promise lies in ruins. Turkey’s political system has been …
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The Israeli Attack Exposes the Fragility of the Iranian-Russian Alliance
Russian-Iranian relations are complex. While the two countries share broad opposition to Western influence, the balance of common, overlapping, and diverging …