December 2014 archive

Some Remarks on the Evolution of Islamism in the Middle East

Introduction According to Ashgar Ali Engineer in his text on Religion and Communalism (http://www.asianoutlook.com/articles/june/29.htm), human beings cannot live without religion or some kind of ideology which gives human life a meaning and direction and whatever the nature of ideology or thought or value system it creates its own ‘other’. It follows that some form of …

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