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Something's Rotten in Denmark by Naser Khader Published on February 4th, 2008

Reporting The Muslim Brotherhood by Rod Dreher Published on February 1st, 2008

The Crisis of the Arab Brotherhood by Israel Elad-Altman Published on November 29th, 2007

The History and Unwritten Future of Salafism by Hillel Fradkin Published on November 25th, 2007 Opening remarks at Hudson Institute's conference on the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Struggle for the Soul of Tatar Islam by Marlene Laruelle Published on May 23rd, 2007 Islam in Russia, though unfamiliar to many and often associated solely with theChechen conflict, has a long and varied history.

Afghanistan's Islamist Groups by Husain Haqqani Published on May 23rd, 2007 The recent resurgence of the Taliban in parts of Afghanistan has, once again, attracted attention to this poor and relatively isolated Central Asian country for its notoriety as a haven for extremist Islamism. Islam has been a key element of Afghan identity for centuries.

The Rise of Political Islam in Soviet Central Asia by Sebastien Peyrouse Published on May 23rd, 2007 This article proposes to challenge the idea that the appearance of Islamists in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan was made possible, and occurred, only after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Jordanian Regime Fights the War of Ideas by Yair Minzili Published on May 23rd, 2007 In recent years, the Jordanian regime has faced a growing threat to its stability from violent as well as politically radical Islamic groups. The most blatant expressions of this were the rocket attacks on Aqaba in May 2005 and the subsequent attacks on hotels in Amman in November of the same year. These attacks were carried out by groups affiliated with the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the al-Qaeda organization in Iraq.

The Development of A Jihadist's Mind by Tawfiq Hamid Published on April 6th, 2007 What occupies the mind of a jihad-driven Muslim? How is such fervor planted in young and impressionable believers? Where does it originate? How did I—once an innocent child who grew up in a liberal, moderate and educated household—find myself a member of a radical Islamic group?

The Sunni-Shia Conversion Controversy by Israel Elad-Altman Published on April 6th, 2007 The Middle East is increasingly characterized by a decline of the Arab nation state and a concomitant rise in importance of more primordial allegiances to tribal and religious communities. The Sunni-Shi'a divide is becoming a central feature of regional politics, reflecting the reaction of Sunnis to what they term the "Shi'a surge" or "tide" (al-madd al-Shi'i).

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