27 October 2016 Book: an exhaustive study of Salafism and its foundational doctrine of ‘loyalty and disavowal’ To Western scholars and specialists Salafism holds a double fascination: foremost it is treated as the fountainhead of jihadist ideology;... Read more
04 October 2010 Islam in India: a journey through Deoband Situated on a stretch of rural road in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, at first sight the Dar... Read more
26 December 2002 Chechnya: Chechens fear “Wahhabi” threat As the war goes on, fundamentalist Islamists in Chechnya are becoming bolder and more violent. Even for a society used to... Read more
26 May 2002 Uzbekistan: government backs Sufism to counter Wahhabism In the wake of a visit between 15 and 20 May to the Uzbek city of Bukhara (500 kilometres or... Read more