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The Husseyniyyun: Iran’s New Gamble in Azerbaijan? (by Yeghia Tashjian)

Background of Religious Persecution in Azerbaijan Despite being a Shia Muslim majority country, the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev regularly and aggressively enforces secularism on the population of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijanis are forbidden to study...

January 25, 2023    Posted In  Caucasus  Political Islam & Islamism 
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Turkey’s Pivot in Central Asia: A Calculated Risk? (By Yeghia Tashjian)

Turkey, under President Erdogan, is increasingly pursuing a proactive foreign policy designed to achieve four objectives: challenge the regional status quo, forge a global leadership role, enhance the regime’s domestic legitimacy and ensure its survival....

February 17, 2021    Posted In  Political Islam & Islamism  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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Erdogan’s Enver Pasha Dream: The Revival of the “Army of Islam” (By Yeghia Tashjian)

On July 10, 1918, the Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha, ordered the formation of the “Islamic Army of the Caucasus” in order to repel the Armenian forces in South Caucasus, unite all the Turkic nations in the region under the banner of Islam,...

October 16, 2020    Posted In  Caucasus  Political Islam & Islamism  Turkey: domestic and foreign affairs 
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International Workers’ Day* Revisited (By Madeleine Mezagopian)

  "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give  you rest" Matthew 11-28 Today, we welcome the International Workers’ day with these words, which infrequently accompany such occasions in general, given its current surrounding environment...

May 1, 2020    Posted In  Opinion  Political Islam & Islamism 
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