How the Weak Prevail
From ISIS to the IRGC, how groups with sacred commitments outlast adversaries with far greater firepower.
Scott Atran
· 8 min read
Islamism
A collection of 34 posts
Islamism: Shooting the Messenger
The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out.
John Aziz
· 9 min read
Why Australia Struggles to Confront Islamic Antisemitism — and What This Means for Social Cohesion
Why has Australia proved reluctant to confront antisemitism when its sources are treated as culturally or religiously sensitive?
Zoe Sankey, Alan Davison
· 7 min read
The Somaliland Gamble
The world’s newest nation state could provide a buffer against Islamist influence in the Horn of Africa—if the bet on its stability pays off.
Aurele Tobelem
· 9 min read
Weimar Vibes
The fate of the Weimar Republic stands as a warning of what happens when societies and their citizens indulge extremism.
Shalom Lappin
· 18 min read
Bondi Was Not a Surprise: How Antisemitism Was Normalised in Australia
Why the Bondi attack was not an aberration, but the consequence of years of tolerated antisemitism across Australian public life.
Jack Pinczewski
· 5 min read
Bondi Beach Massacre: Australia’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack
Fifteen people are dead after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish Hanukkah festival on one of Sydney’s most iconic beaches.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
Exposing the Qatar Lobby: Chama Mechtaly on Islamism, Censorship, and the West | Quillette Cetera Ep. 57
How Qatar's ideological reach—from think tanks to media—has stifled dissent and enabled Islamism in the West.
Zoe Sankey, Chama Mechtaly
· 27 min read
Islamist Violence and Official Silence
A month after the lethal Manchester synagogue attack, the UK still refuses to take its number one terror threat seriously.
Daniel Allington
· 15 min read
Discussing the Iran–Israel War with an Iranian Dissident | Quillette Cetera Ep. 48
As missiles fly between Tehran and Tel Aviv, Iranian dissident Danial Taghaddos joins Zoe to explain what the West gets wrong about the regime, the nuclear threat, and the future of his homeland.
Zoe Sankey
· 23 min read
Jihadism Is the Problem
The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
The West Is Next
If we are to fight for liberty for everyone—including Muslims—we must be serious about being ready to stand up to Islamists like Hamas, who seek to revive Islamic imperialism.
John Aziz
· 9 min read
Podcast #251: Tracing the Rise of Radicalised Anti-Zionism on American Campuses
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author Paul Berman about the lingering influence of ‘Black Power’ advocate Stokely Carmichael, who once infamously claimed that ‘the only good Zionist is a dead Zionist.’
Jonathan Kay
· 29 min read
The Muslim Choice: Integration or Confrontation
Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance.
John Lloyd
· 33 min read
The Problem Is Islam—Not Islamism
The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself.
Obaid Omer
· 5 min read