Islamists
As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women’s rights
By Isabel Debre and Malak Harb — February 21, 2022
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — For Kuwaitis, it's an unsettling trend in a country that once prided itself on its progressivism compared to its Gulf Arab neighbors.
Harsh punishments under Shariah are modern interpretations of an ancient tradition
By Jessica Marglin — May 9, 2019
(The Conversation_ — Islamic jurists have condemned sodomy, but they have also celebrated homoeroticism, that is, erotic love between members of the same sex.
Peace will require leaders, Christian and Muslim, to address real grievances
By Safi Kaskas — May 8, 2017
(RNS) The U.S. feels it was targeted by Islamists on 9/11, and is still targeted for attacks. Muslims feel Europeans committed atrocities while colonizing Muslim areas.
Dozens arrested for attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
By RNS staff — November 6, 2016
DHAKA— Attacks on Hindus, who make up around 8 percent of the population are not uncommon in the mostly Muslim South Asian country, but the scale of the recent anti-Hindu violence is unusual.
Hindu hacked to death in latest attack on Bangladesh minorities
By RNS staff — June 10, 2016
DHAKA — Nitya Ranjan Pandey, 60, who had volunteered at the monastery for 40 years, was taking a walk in the northwestern district of Pabna when he was attacked, police said.
Islamic insurgency isn’t just a Mideast problem, as Africans know all too well
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 29, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In 2014, Africans suffered dozens of deadly terror attacks by groups either allied with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi or using similarly bloody tactics.
COMMENTARY: Don’t surrender Islam to the Islamists
By Qanta Ahmed — September 5, 2013
(RNS) “The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers.” This was the Islamist poem quoted by the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey, in December 1997. Charged with using inflammatory speech, he was ejected from office and sentenced to jail by the Ankara High Court. Today, […]
Political Islam on the defensive across the Middle East
By Oren Dorell — August 20, 2013
(RNS) The conflict between secularists and Islamists is generating a new religious dialogue about the role of religion in politics, as political leaders in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan side with the Egyptian military and secularists.
COMMENTARY: Islamist suppression could reach U.S. shores
By Christopher S. Taylor — August 16, 2013
(RNS) History suggests that when Egypt’s military suppresses its Islamist opponents, it has serious repercussions for the United States.
Malaysian Muslims ask Vatican to recall envoy over use of “Allah”
By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 22, 2013
(RNS) In an escalating confrontation, dozens of Islamists marched to the Vatican's mission in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, after prayers, and presented a 670-word memorandum calling for the archbishop's recall.
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