For sale in CIS only! Since early 2007 a new breed of combatants has appeared on the streets of Mogadishu and other towns in Somalia: the "Shabaab", or youth, the only self-proclaimed branch of al-Qaeda to have gained acceptance (and praise) from Ay...

For sale in CIS only! In the wake of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers of national political parties and resistanc...

For sale in CIS only! Samia Rahman argues there is more to the Muslim world than extremism; Anne Alexander wonders at the rise and rise of ISIS; John Sweeney suggests we are living in an age of extremes; Raza Ali struggles with reactionary love for...