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Islamist- Leftist Cooperation in the Arab World
Janine A. Clark, Jillian Schwedler 12/02/09
Islamist and Leftist movements have increasingly cooperated in a range of political activities. The authors compare the forms of such cooperation in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen, illustrating the strategic importance of cross-ideological alliances (...)
The Fracturing of Pakistan
Ali Kamran Asdar 20/06/08
Pakistan’s democratic and civilian groups face various problems: Issues of national integrity, reduction of violence, the creation of a governing consensus among different provinces and ethnic groups; all of these will have to be tackled by the (...)
The Expansion of Muslim NGOs
Holger Weiss 19/06/08
One notable result of the societal crisis in sub-Saharan Africa has been the expansion of NGOs during the last few decades, including, especially since the 1990s, Muslim ones. Most regional Muslim NGOs often supported by transnational NGOs, and, (...)