9/11 ANNIVERSARY: FROM ‘WAR ON TERROR’ TO THE ‘LONG WAR’
Six years after the 9/11 attacks on the United States, there is every indication that the Americans are determined to forge ahead with the policies that were devised in the aftermath of the attacks. There is also every indication that widespread American interference in the Muslim world (and Muslim communities in the West) will continue, as evidenced by the semantic shift from the ‘War on Terror’ to the ‘Long War’. Moreover, by drawing comparisons between the ‘Long War’ and the ‘Cold War’, American strategic planners are hinting at a predetermined outcome.
HIZB UT-TAHRIR AND THE POLITICISATION OF BRITISH MUSLIMS – INTERVIEW WITH PARTY LEADER, ABDUL WAHID
In an interview with Islamism Digest, the Chairman of Hizb ut-Tahrir’s UK Executive Committee Dr. Abdul Wahid provides a wide-ranging critique of the UK Government’s counter-terrorism strategy. Abdul Wahid also explains how in the British Muslim community the process of integration (or “engagement” as he calls it) runs in parallel with the process of Islamisation.
THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS: AN EARLY VICTIM OF THE LONG WAR’
Reports that the United States Government is preparing to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation either in whole or in part is best understood in the context of the ‘Long War’ strategy. In the more immediate term, the designation of the IRGC will significantly ratchet up the war of words between the Islamic Republic and the United States and make the prospect of a shooting war more likely.
THE AFGHAN JIHAD AND THE FUTURE OF THE PAKISTAN: AHMAD MUAFFAQ ZAIDAN EXPLAINS
In this interview, the chief of Al-Jazeera satellite channel’s Islamabad Bureau responds to wide-ranging questions on the legacy of the Afghan Jihad and the current security and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Zaidan sharply rebukes American and Nato policies in the region and predicts failure for the Western military coalition in Afghanistan.
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