Modern Western strategic thinking still likes to present itself as the child of the Enlightenment: Rationality, progress, ...

Several religious movements associated with the “Islamic awakening” emerged in the 1970s. The Egyptian public labelled them ...

1. Recently scholars characterised "pious feminist consciousness" as using religion to fight gender inequality as opposed to dismissing it. 2. It is pious due to religion's importance and feminist due ...

Two mosques attended by Manchester synagogue terrorist Jihad al-Shamie have denied any role in his apparent radicalisation and instead questioned his “mental state”. Detectives are working to ...

Salafism, once seen as a strict global movement fuelled by Saudi influence and opposed to local culture and politics, is now changing shape. Scholars Théo Blanc and Olivier Roy call this new phase ...

Bin Shams al-Din’s preaching is primarily aimed at young Muslims around the world, with a particular focus on migrants who have settled in Europe in recent years. While there are several currents ...

The Mar Elias Church (Church of Saint Elijah) is located in the Dweila neighbourhood in southern Damascus. Dweila is a densely populated, mixed though predominantly Christian, working class area, ...

A Muslim convert who called himself 'Lone Wolf' was caught plotting terror attacks in this chilling video. Chilling video (click to play above) shows the moments when ...

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of trying to poison attendees of a festival last year, the ...

The Huthi movement started as a small militant organization in the 1990s in Yemen’s far northwest. The Saleh regime’s divide-and-rule approach to governing meant that the Shi’a Zaydi Ansar Allah found ...

In “The Movement,” Clara Bingham captures the years 1963-73 in the voices of the women who lived it. By Anna Holmes Anna Holmes writes the Work Friend column for The Times. When you purchase an ...