Political Islam—especially the Muslim Brotherhood—is not a religion, but a calculated ideological project. Opinion.

The intellectual and academic landscape of sociology in Iran is intricately interwoven with the fabric of cultural, political ...

Tonge is convincing in his conclusion that the religious orders are a permanent feature of Turkish politics and public life.

The Islamist leaders are insisting that Bangladesh erect an “Islamic government” that ... that the document was likely to drop secularism as a defining characteristic of Bangladesh, replacing ...

Events in Turkey show how leaders can weaken secularism, concentrate power and criminalise the opposition within a political ...

Secularism was seen as essential to modern ... Turkish politics researcher Jenny White notes that, under the AKP, Islam has moved from occupying a private space to becoming a tool of political ...