by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jun 9, 2013 | Monitor
I traveled to Turkey in March, as part of a class in public diplomacy, sponsored by George Mason University's Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution. During the trip, the class met with Syrians who were engaged in the early, non-violence...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Apr 8, 2013 | Monitor
More thoughtful analyts know that militant Islamic momvements existed long before September 11th. I make it an effort to collect books on political Islam, Islamism, jihad-centered groups, etc that predate 2001. This, in order to view radical movements without the...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jul 6, 2012 | Monitor
I tweeted this last week, but I forgot to post it to the blog. Consider it a curio from a different time. It's an English-language periodical, published in 1990 through a Cairo-based Muslim Brotherhood publishing house – Ummah Press Service. The Library...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Feb 28, 2012 | Monitor
Unity and Disunity With the passing of years, I became more aware of the urgent need for unity in the Islamic action and of the fact that it is incumbent upon the mujahidin who are bounded by a pure creed to join ranks, to be more flexible in dealing with other...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Nov 20, 2011 | Monitor
I'm posting an expanded version of the remarks I gave at Newman University in Wichita on November 3, 2011. The linked document consists of the notes, "cleaned up" and organized into something coherent. Download "FacesNotes" (.pdf) I could...
