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Islamists women’s rights activists found space within Islamist movements to push for better status while not being considered as stooges of Western feminist agendas.

Eric McGlinchey wrote: “In Central Asia, as in other regions of the world with large Muslim populations, opposition groups are increasingly turning to the ideas of militant Islam in their efforts to challenge authoritarian rule.”  And how domestic politics in Central Asian countries produce the variations we see in their Islamist movements.

What is the meaning of Salafi or a Salafi and the Salafism movement?

The concept of post-Islamism is most commonly associated with the “German School” of Islamist analysis (Olivier Roy and Giles Kepel).

T. Ramadan argues that European Muslims should not isolate themselves and should not use Islamaphobia as an excuse to not participate in public political life.

Muslim communities have been present in Europe for several hundred years; and over 20 million Muslims live in Europe.

The Balkans region is the most dense multi-cultural Muslim region in Europe

According to Abdellatif and Ottaway: The wearing of the hijab is generally condemned by the West.  For some women wearing the hijab is a political act of defiance against an oppressive regime or the West.

Who wrote the following: “Do Muslim women really need saving? We need to consider our own larger responsibilities to address the forms of global injustice and not worry about an item of clothing.”

The social roots of Hamas go back further than its founding in 1987 and can be found in the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.