ABSTRACT Getrieben von dem Gedanken, dass durch die europäische Kolonialherrschaft in der islamischen Welt historisch etwas schiefgelaufen sei, sahen sich Politiker, Geistliche und Intellektuelle Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gedrängt, auf die neuen Machtverhältnisse zu reagieren. Der aufkeimende Diskurs über den nationalstaatlichen Fortschritt wurde unter anderem mit der Mode
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Amwaj.media spoke with Mr. Dhiaa Al-Asadi, a prominent Iraqi academic and politician, to learn more about the Sadrist vision for Iraq, including relations with neighboring states—and what the head of the growing movement is really pursuing. Mr. Asadi led the Al-Ahrar bloc, affiliated with the Sadrist Movement, in the 2014 parliamentary elections. He has also acted as politic
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Developments in Iraq over the last two months have delivered disturbing indicators of political chaos as the country’s elites continue to fail to reach acceptable compromises on a number of serious issues. An escalating confrontation between the leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, and a rival Shia coalition, the Coordination Framework (CF), has dragged Iraq into tu
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The Revolution of 1958 which violently overthew the monarchical regime was apart of the revolutionary wave that has swept Arab contiries in their attemprts to modernize by combinint elements of culture derived from Westernand scocialist societies with Isalmic cultural and religious tradtions. This book gives the first comprehensive account of the 1958 Revultion and the politica
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Context The violence and destruction caused by the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as the military operations against them, have caused the displacement of nearly 6 million people since 2014. As of March 2022, 1.18 million people remain displaced throughout 18 governorates of Iraq, of which 180,000 are living in 26 formal camps establi
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