Theological Explanations Are A Diversion When Looking at the Rise of Islamic State
Myriam Francois-Cerrah | The New Statesman | 13 Nov 2014 What transforms Ancient Texts into radical handbooks for justifying mass murder? The political conditions under which they are being read … Look beyond the smokescreen of Islamic “essence” when analysing the motives of Islamic State. In a “post-ideological” West, the “East” is persistently filtered through the…