Power

Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies attempt to locate the sources of power. Barnaby Rogerson deconstructs the dreams of Caliphate. Malise Ruthven highlights Islam's problems with the nation state. Kecia Ali revisits Prophet Muhammad's marriage to Khadija, Jeremy Henzell-Thomas explores the power of education, Rahel Fischbach and Rachel Friedman have an enlightening engagement in Rabat, Mohamed Bakari struggles with power struggles in Turkey, Nazry Bahrawi is concerned with the emergence of racialism in Malaysia and Indonesia, Sejad Mekic unties the complex governing structures in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hussain Ahmed comes face-to-face with military power in Pakistan, Najah Kadhim is exasperated with the Salafi puritans, Hassan Mahamdallie is unimpressed by tribal power, Abdelwahab El-Affendi suggests that Islamists live in a time warp, and Boyd Tonkin traces the history of the power of the Word.

In this issue

  • Politics

    A Power List That is Not a List

    Power is endlessly fascinating. Power is perennially enigmatic. The more complex society becomes the harder it is to define exactly where power…

  • Dome of an old mosque with a crescent
    Issue 14 Power

    Muhammad and Khadija

    We tell stories; and stories are powerful. None more so than stories about our sacred past. Told repeatedly, tales become truth. We forget that they…

    Kecia Ali
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