Center for the Study of Political Islam International

51% of Islamic doctrinal texts refers to the treatment of non-Muslims and is, therefore, political. The goal of Political Islam is the submission of all humanity to Mohammed and Allah.
TROP Acquisition - Carrousel

After 25 years, the world’s most comprehensive open-source record of Islamic violent terror attacks and news on Political Islam, www.thereligionofpeace.com (TROP), passes to CSPII. Read the press release or go to the new CSPII TROP Page.

MB Project - Carrousel_final

The purpose of this book is to enable everyone to understand the Brotherhood’s objectives, strategy, and tactics. It also shows their direct origins in the primary Islamic doctrine. This knowledge is essential to national security [...]

Muslim Brotherhood
FGM Carrousel_final

297–307 million women and girls alive today have undergone FGM. Our study shows a strong correlation between FGM and the influence of Islamic doctrine [...] 577,000 victims in the United States, 161,000 in Canada [...]

CSPII FGM INDEX 2026

Analytical Articles

September 24, 2026

The Islamic Obsession with Israel: Its Doctrinal Foundations and Strategic Functions

This paper examines why Israel receives a degree of hostile attention from Islamic movements, organizations, governments, media outlets, and activists that is vastly disproportionate to its territory, population, or share of global conflict. The phenomenon...

September 23, 2026

CSPII Representative Speaks at Security Seminar in the Chamber of Deputies | Czech Parliament

Milan Podlipný, CEO of CSPII, spoke in the Chamber of Deputies at a seminar on the international situation and security issues in 2026. In his contribution, he placed current world events in the context of Islamic political doctrine and its impact on non-...

September 3, 2026

The Religion of Peace (TROP) Is Now Part of the Center for the Study of Political Islam International (CSPII)

After 25 years, the world's most comprehensive open-source record of Islamic violent terror attacks and news on Political Islam passes to CSPII Brno, Czech Republic — CSPII announced today that www.thereligionofpeace.com — known worldwide as TROP — will...

August 2, 2026

The Black Muslim Paradox: Islamic Slavery Then & Now

Islamic slavery never ended — and Black people have been one of its core targets for 1,400 years. In this episode of Coffee & PI (Political Islam), Milan Podlipny (CSPII CEO) and Pastor Dumisani Washington (founder of the Institute for Black Solidarity...

CSPII Monitor

July 11, 2026

How the Media Defends Sharia: From Doctrine to Personal Stories

Two recent articles attempt to calm American concerns about Sharia by changing the subject. The first, Salam Al-Marayati’s “ Sharia is a framework for Muslims — not a threat to America ,” presents Sharia as a spiritual and moral path, a set of ethical...

July 5, 2026

The Myth of Islamic Tolerance Toward Christians: The Ashtiname Story

Lily Jay’s piece about the “ secret letter ” allegedly written by Mohammed to Christians is a good example of a growing genre of Islamic apologetics aimed at Western Christian audiences: take a nice-sounding fragment, remove the surrounding legal and...

Research

September 18, 2025

Islamophobia

Introduction The term "Islamophobia" has become a widely used label in public discourse, media, academia, and politics. It is often used to denote fear, hatred, or discrimination against Muslims. However, a closer examination reveals that the term is...

January 3, 2025

Violent Jihad

Contents What is violent jihad Violent jihad: a major part of Islamic doctrine Jihad should be waged against the Kafir What happens to Kafirs in violent jihad Jihad: the best action Jihad: a successful tactic Jihadis Mohammed: the first jihadi Jihadis are...

Global Report on Islamic Terrorism

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Islamic Terrorists have carried out Jihad Attacks Since 9/11
Sep 21, 2026 - Sep 27, 2026
Attacks 12
Killed 57
Injured 9
Countries 8
August, 2026
Attacks 109
Killed 523
Injured 457
Countries 34
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Political Islam Around the World

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How an American teen went from ISIS sympathizer to a convict in recovery
cnn.com · September 29, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Daniel’s conversion changed the method, not necessarily the destination: violent jihad gave way to gradual, non-violent Islamization. Yet the Koranic view of
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unbelievers remains stark—“the worst of creatures” (8:55; 98:6) and “an open enemy” of believers (4:101). The strategy may soften; the underlying division between believer and Kafir remains. His "deradicalizer", Mubin Shaikh, explicitly steered him toward a “mainstream Islamic framework,” not away from Islam. Shaikh has a history of misrepresenting canonical teachings about unbelievers and criticizing and comparing critics of Political Islam to Islamic terrorists.
Morocco: The clash of sacred and International Law
escudodigital.com · September 29, 2026

The use of the Friday prayer as a legal argument is one of the most fascinating cultural and legal clashes in the history of International Law. The real setting where it was debated was the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 1975, during the famous advisory proceedings on Western Sahara.

Israel kills senior Hamas commander in Gaza strike
straitstimes.com · September 29, 2026
Why Keralam’s Sunni extremists cheer Shia Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and target Mohammed bin Salman?
Organizer.Org · September 29, 2026

CSPII Commentary: It has to do with a jihad of purification. Mohammed bin Salman introduced reforms affecting religious policing, public morality, entertainment, and women’s rights.

How an American teen went from ISIS sympathizer to a convict in recovery
cnn.com · September 29, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Daniel’s conversion changed the method, not necessarily the destination: violent jihad gave way to gradual, non-violent Islamization. Yet the Koranic view of
...more
unbelievers remains stark—“the worst of creatures” (8:55; 98:6) and “an open enemy” of believers (4:101). The strategy may soften; the underlying division between believer and Kafir remains. His "deradicalizer", Mubin Shaikh, explicitly steered him toward a “mainstream Islamic framework,” not away from Islam. Shaikh has a history of misrepresenting canonical teachings about unbelievers and criticizing and comparing critics of Political Islam to Islamic terrorists.
Morocco: The clash of sacred and International Law
escudodigital.com · September 29, 2026

The use of the Friday prayer as a legal argument is one of the most fascinating cultural and legal clashes in the history of International Law. The real setting where it was debated was the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 1975, during the famous advisory proceedings on Western Sahara.

Israel kills senior Hamas commander in Gaza strike
straitstimes.com · September 29, 2026
Why Keralam’s Sunni extremists cheer Shia Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and target Mohammed bin Salman?
Organizer.Org · September 29, 2026

CSPII Commentary: It has to do with a jihad of purification. Mohammed bin Salman introduced reforms affecting religious policing, public morality, entertainment, and women’s rights.

Critical Voices

Commentaries by Non-CSPII Authors

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Why Islam threatens liberty
reviewjournal.com · September 28, 2026
Churchill, Islam , and Christianity
billmuehlenberg.com · September 27, 2026
The Quiet Islamic Colonization of America
Gatestone Institute · September 27, 2026

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Islamic organizations adhere to the Islamic doctrine found in the Koran, Sira and the Hadith. 51% of this doctrine relates to non-Muslims. We define this 51% of the doctrine about non-Muslims as "Political Islam." Therefore, all Islamic organizations represent Political Islam to some extent.

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