The Islamist Challenge: Religion and Modernity in Algeria

Although Islamist terror groups invoke a host of religious references, the real source of their ideas is not the Koran but rather Leninism, fascism, and other strains of twentieth-century thought…

Iran’s massive protest movement against June’s electoral coup is now moving into a new phase. What are its prospects?

This article makes a case of the basic distinction between Islam and Islamism and presents three central arguments: 1. through religious reforms and a rethinking of the Islamic doctrine, the…