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Can Islam be Reformed to Classic Liberal Values?
01 Mar 2026 21:14 GMT
… oppression, from Wahabism to Mulahism, leaving … ); modern reformist and Islamist currents (Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis, progressives, … later. Islam';s major "reformation" analog (Wahhabism/ … openings, reduced religious police) or the UAE …
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Saudi Arabia: An Islamist Turn?
25 Feb 2026 22:06 GMT
… is somehow undergoing an ‘Islamist’ turn. Pushback against this … sale of alcohol to non-Muslim residents.
Together with these … Cole Bunzel’s book on Wahhabism).
It should of course … homosexual behaviour, ‘blasphemy’ against Islam or freedom to apostasise from …
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Tradition and Respect: Hun Sen Intervenes After Wedding Ritual Upsets Muslims
24 Feb 2026 11:40 GMT
… criticized as disrespectful to Islam.
The controversy erupted … religiously insensitive and said it had deeply affected members of the Muslim … groups adhere to Salafist, Wahhabist or Ahmadi traditions. A … local customs with Sunni Islam.
For many observers, …
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Morocco Donates Quran Copies to São Tomé Muslim Community
21 Feb 2026 18:57 GMT
… solidarity with the country’s Muslim community.
The donation was received … doctrinal legitimacy that Gulf-funded Wahhabism – despite its vast financial resources … for cooperation between Islamic scholars on issues of religious moderation and countering …
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A Personal Quest for an Understanding of Modern Islam
11 Feb 2026 16:12 GMT
… Wahhabism to places, which practised milder, more tolerant forms of the religion … feeling is that Wahhabism represents a tendency within Islam – and perhaps also … , the sentiments expressed by young religious Muslims in Turkey and Britain, to …
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The Mukaab and the ghost of 1979: Why MBS is awakening Saudi Islamists
08 Feb 2026 18:24 GMT
… ambition. To the underground Islamist networks, it is a … remnants of the Sahwa—the Muslim Brotherhood-inspired “Awakening” movement … idea that MBS has tamed Wahhabism. This is a dangerous … spectacle can replace centuries of religious authority. Yet NEOM’s …
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How Deoband Islam Split Across South Asia
25 Jan 2026 06:32 GMT
… religion as the foundation of the state. Yet Islam … The explanation lies in Islam’s internal diversity.
One … when Sunni Muslims were grappling with questions of religious identity. In … Deoband Islam”—a blend of Deobandi teachings, Saudi-influenced Wahhabism, …
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The Many Shades of Islam
01 Jan 2026 18:24 GMT
… bin Salman has been reforming “Wahhabism,” the state theology of Saudi … and pristine school of Islamic law.
The Muslim Brotherhood is outlawed in … of religious leaders from different Muslim sects. One spoke of “moderate Islam.” Another …
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For Islam and democracy
24 Dec 2025 07:30 GMT
… Muslim political and religious leaders to stand up and support a democratic Islam … in many Islamic countries culturally parochial phenomena – like the Wahhabism that prevails … in Saudi Arabia – are misunderstood as religious dogma, …
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Which Muslim-majority countries allow alcohol consumption?
12 Dec 2025 16:05 GMT
… of the conservative Wahhabist strand of Islam that has … Islamic world is obvious from the heterogeneous alcohol policies of many Muslim … countries with a majority Muslim population, alcohol is … banned in just six Muslim-majority countries, though there …