by editor | Dec 17, 2014 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Religion
by Mark Woodward* On September first the British on-line paper The Independent reported on alleged plans by the Saudi Arabian government to demolish the Prophet Muhammad’s tomb and move his body to an unmarked grave. The Prophet’s tomb is located in the mosque he...
by editor | May 4, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Education, Indonesia, Movements, Southeast Asia
by Mark Woodward* Since March 15 Indonesia has experienced another wave of bombings, including a suicide attack on the Az Zikro mosque located in a police compound in Cirebon, Central Java. The bomber struck during Friday prayers. Other targets have included a book...
by halverson | Aug 18, 2010 | Analysis, Framing, Image, Islam, Narrative, Obama
by Jeffry R. Halverson In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy wrote an opinion piece in the British daily The Guardian, stating: [Bin Laden] has been sculpted from the spare rib of a world laid to waste by American...