Since 1980, the Islamic literacy of Sudirman Mosque, Yogyakarta has centered around jihadi ideology, while Jogokariyan been normative and oriented toward Islamization. Of late, Mosques are taking new different approaches to literacy. This study aims describe newly adopted their appropriation within middle-class society urban landscape. research is qualitative-descriptive, using post-Islamism as...

Abstract A vast amount of social science research has been dedicated to the study Islamist extremism – in particular, uncover its psychological and structural drivers. However, recent revival extreme-right points need investigate this re-emerging phenomenon. This article highlights some characteristics extremisation Islamism Europe parallel with rise right-wing extremist groups. In doing so, we...

This paper aims to study the Islamism identity of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (JDP). To date, question regarding JDP’s has been widely debated. The JDP frequently labelled as an Islamist party due its historical background, while other perspectives perceive a non-Islamist party. Contradiction among scholars resulted in several debates existing literature. Therefore, this attempts rev...

Introduction On February 12, 2007, a new article was circulated in the Jihadi forums, which sketched very clearly the new direction of the strategy of al-Qaeda or global Jihad, in Africa. The article in Arabic, titled "Al-Qaeda Organization and the African Continent: Past, Present and Future", provides us with an analysis of Africa's importance for global Jihad. This same article was published ...

In the Tanzanian country town of Rwangwa, a bitter confrontation has developed between Sufi Muslims and Islamist reformers. The Islamists draw on Middle Eastern inspiration, but the conflict arises equally from local, regional and national context, and is cultural as well as religious and political. Situated in an economically and educationally disadvantaged region, access to land and trade for...

It has long been argued that identity matters in international relations. Yet, how identity impacts enmity and conflict among states remains the subject of debate. The existing liter‐ ature asserts that differences in identity can be a source of conflict, whereas convergence and similarity lead to cooperation. Nevertheless, empirical evidence from the Middle East has long defied this hy...