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Islam
International
Imperial echoes
Jon Richardson
27 April 2024
March’s terrorist attack in Moscow highlights Russia’s often-fraught dealings with Muslim peoples and states
International
Xi Jinping’s war on the Uighurs
Louisa Lim
25 September 2018
Uighur families in Adelaide are watching the crackdown in China’s Xinjiang province with intensifying alarm
Books & arts
A history of violence
Anne Aly
3 October 2017
Books
| Islamic State has become adept at recruiting those who are already attracted to violence
Essays & reportage
Victims and suspects: the catch-22 of being a Muslim woman in Australia
Shakira Hussein
10 March 2016
Muslim women are urged to break free of patriarchical domestic lives yet viewed with suspicion if they display signs of their religion in…
International
What is the driving force behind jihadist terrorism?
Olivier Roy
18 December 2015
We should avoid exceptionalising jihadists, argues
Olivier Roy
. Otherwise we reinforce the fascination of rebels looking for a cause
Books & arts
Conflict out of chaos
Matthew Gray
20 March 2015
Books
| The Islamic State seemed to appear out of nowhere, writes
Matthew Gray
, but its origins lie in decades of conflict and bad decisions
International
Indonesia’s next governing coalition: taking a progressive turn?
Dominic Berger
14 April 2014
The likely makeup of the next Indonesian government gives cause for optimism, writes
Dominic Berger
Correspondents
The puzzle of Rusdi Kirana and Islamic politics
Greg Fealy
6 April 2014
Parachuted into the senior ranks of the National Awakening Party, the ethnic Chinese businessman has helped changed the equation among Islamic parties in Indonesia, writes…
Books & arts
The social life of Muslim women’s rights
Shakira Hussein
19 March 2014
Lila Abu-Lughod set out to discover “why the emerging Western common sense about Muslim women did not capture what I knew from experience and from reading history.”…
International
Global Gaza, Global Ummah
Amrita Malhi
2 December 2010
Malaysia’s Free Gaza campaign is pitched at both international and domestic audiences, writes
Amrita Malhi
International
Radicalising Somalia
Peter Browne
6 August 2009
How international involvement helped fuel the growth of militancy
International
Indonesia’s Islamic parties in decline
Greg Fealy
11 May 2009
Last month’s election result shows falling popular support for Islamic parties, with implications for July’s presidential poll, writes
Greg Fealy