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The U.S. Role in the Rise and Fall of Political Islam

So much has changed in the past two and a half decades on the rocky road toward democracy in the Arab world. And not for the better.OPINION — The [...] More

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The Best of Times and Worst of Times for Moderate Political Islam

The concept of political Islam has deep historical roots in Islamic societies and, during the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 in the Middle East and [...] More

Countering Extremism: A Problem for Civil Society

The Cipher Brief's Executive Producer and Reporter Leone Lakhani, spoke with Haras Rafiq, CEO of Quilliam, to discuss how the organization works to [...] More

The End of the American Dream?

I’ve been a Puerto Rican all my life. I’ve also been an American citizen all my life. My ethnicity tended to confuse representatives of foreign [...] More

Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis – Fertile Ground for Jihadis in Southeast Asia?

Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis – Fertile Ground for Jihadis in Southeast Asia?

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has largely disappeared from the news since its military junta was replaced by a relatively reformist government [...] More

Trump Suspends Refugee Program, Bars Citizens from 7 Muslim Nations

Trump Suspends Refugee Program, Bars Citizens from 7 Muslim Nations

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday temporarily banning all refugees and suspending entry for 90 days for citizens from seven [...] More

Civil War Within Nigerian Islam

There is a leadership struggle underway within Boko Haram, the violent, extremist movement that has claimed more than 20,000 lives since 2011 and [...] More

The Conundrum of Islam

As if we needed another reminder, the Brussels attacks bring into even sharper focus the specter of growing radical Muslim extremism and the threat [...] More