Political Islam in the News

CSPII Commentary: As the prophet Mohammad went to war every 6 weeks during the last 9 years of his life, and Muslims are told to follow in his footsteps as his way is to be emulated, the need for war takes on a deeper meaning.

CSPII Commentary: End-Times belief by the Shia leadership in Iran, called Twelvers, is actually eagerly anticipating hard times in connection with the period called The Hour, during which the messiah Mahdi is believed will appear. Of course, hard times is intended for the average citizen and not the leadership themselves.

CSPII Commentary: It's less about land and more about Islamic messianic aspirations, which leave Christians and Jews in a precarious place.

CSPII Commentary: Israel has waited a long time for a peace agreement to define its boundaries. The time has come to decide for itself as the Islamic doctrine does not leave room for an independent Jewish State.

CSPII Commentary: The Muslim Brotherhood is a single architecture laundered into respectability through the universities, media outlets, cultural institutions. The main goal is to for Islam to dominate other religions, which is foretold to happen before the Day of Judgment can be seen to happen.

CSPII Commentary: Islamic end-times prophecies call for all Muslims to live under one leader in one state called a Caliph. Sunni and Shia, as goes the belief, will need to place aside their current dislike of each other.