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Noah Feldman Tackles “Sharia’s” Case

Noah Feldman Tackles “Sharia’s” Case

“The Fall and Rise of the Islamic state”, a book written by Noah Feldman issued in 2014 has been one of the important western attempts that tried to discuss the dismantling of the Islamic state, and its return of in the political Islamic geography. His central thesis...
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A member of the Iraqi security smokes a cigarette atop a damaged house in the southern entrance of the city of Tikrit on March 29, 2015 during a military operation to retake the northern Iraqi city from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group jihadists (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)


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A still image from an amateur video posted on a social media website purports to show Syrian rebels sitting on the ground before their public execution by Al Qaeda-linked militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, in Idlib Province November 27, 2013.


Opinion: A deadlier strain of Al-Qaeda

Opinion: A deadlier strain of Al-Qaeda

One of the obstacles in the fight against epidemic viruses is the evolution of newer, more virulent strains which emerge after medical science has begun to make progress in lessening the initial impact. These strains sometimes carry mutations that make traditional...
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Citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows rebels from Al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, as they sit on a truck full of ammunition at Taftanaz air base. Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)


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Members of Somalia’s Al-Shabab militant group patrol on foot on the outskirts of Mogadishu in this Monday, March, 5, 2012 file photo. The slaying of a British soldier in east London raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. Source: AP Photo


Opinion: What is “Islamic” statehood?

Opinion: What is “Islamic” statehood?

The resurgence of Islamic thought in the 20th century has served as a call to action by some Muslim leaders, demanding the adherents of the religion, such as myself, work together to supplant the Western-dominated models of statehood in Muslim countries. In fact, it...