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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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Refighting the Past in the Present: Modern Conflicts and the Mobilizing and Contesting of Sacred History

By Christopher Anzalone  //  November 17, 2016November 17, 2016

The creation and strategic utilization, and selective sectarianization of sacred history is a key component of contemporary conflicts between competing social movements and armed groups around the world. This article will highlight the deployment of…

Sectarian Politics and Weak States in the Middle East: The Return of the Khawarij in Egypt

By Jeffrey Kenney  //  October 8, 2016July 26, 2019

Viewed from afar, typically the West, sectarianism in the Middle East symbolizes the age-old struggle among Muslims, and within Islam, to modernize. Lingering atavistic hatreds, so this narrative goes, prevents equal recognition and treatment of…

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