KHOMEINI’S IRAN: EIGHTEEN YEARS ON
As Iran commemorates the eighteenth anniversary of the demise of Imam Khomeini, there are signs that the Islamic Republic is moving away from the core principles of its founder. The recent negotiations with the United States in Baghdad underlie this fundamental shift away from Khomeinism, the anti-American rhetoric of Iranian officialdom notwithstanding. The memory of
Ayatollah Khomeini serves as an ideological control on the Islamic Republic, masking deep internal divisions and moderating the regime’s instinctive pragmatism. Finding the correct balance between ideology and politics has never been so important, especially in light of Iran’s growing geopolitical weight. If the Islamic Republic is estranged from the diverse forces of Islamic revivalism, it may well miss the opportunity to become one of the “great powers” of the 21st century.
THE HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND “STOP AND QUIZ” POWERS
The proposed new “stop and quiz” powers are the British Government’s latest counter-terrorist initiative. Islamism Digest researcher and analyst Anne Costello subjects the latest initiative to forensic scrutiny and concludes that – quite apart from the damage the new power can inflict on community relations in the UK – its real danger lies in distracting attention away from the full force of counter-terrorism bill 2007.
DARFUR AND THE FAILURE OF SUDAN’S ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT: INTERVIEW WITH ABDEL-WAHHAB EL-AFFENDI
In an interview with Islamism Digest, this leading Sudanese academic explains the grave miscalculations of the Sudanese government over the crisis in Darfur. More broadly, Dr. El-Affendi critiques the political and economic record of Sudan’s ruling Islamists since they came to power in 1989.
THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINE’S REFUGEES: INTERVIEW WITH DR DAUD ABDULLAH
The fortieth anniversary of the so-called six-day War forms the backdrop to this interview with Dr Daud Abdullah, a senor researcher at the Palestinian Return Centre, an organisation that lobbies for the return of displaced Palestinians to their original homes. As Abdullah explains, a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict is ‘not possible without addressing the grievances of Palestinian
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