APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from May 2007

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from May 2007

Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 17 - Iraq & Iran's Nuke Issue.
May 28, 2007... President George W. Bush on May 24 called for a new round of tougher UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran, telling a news conference: "My view is that we need to strengthen our sanction regime". That was in response to a UN...

Israeli View.(Islamic fundamentalism)
May 28, 2007... The Financial Times on May 24 quoted Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, favourite to be Israel's PM after the next elections, as saying: "The largest issue confronting Israel is the tide of militant Islam sweeping our region and threatening...

Sadr Reappears & His Background Comes Into Focus.
May 28, 2007... After months in hiding, Sadr reappeared at his mosque in Kufa on May 25 with a Friday sermon calling for an end to foreign occupation. It is now said that, if the Shi'ite theocracy of Iran is seeking to create a Hizbullah-style puppet in Iraq,...

Sadrist Splits.
May 28, 2007... The first post-Saddam split in Sadr's movement occurred in late April 2003, when a serious dispute developed between Muqtada and Ayatullah Muhammad al-Ya'qubi over discipline and distribution of decision-making in the movement. Muqtada's...

Al-Baghdadi's Concept Of Resistance.(Ahmad al-Hassani al-Baghdadi)(Interview)
May 28, 2007... Ahmad al-Hassani al-Baghdadi is one of the grand ayatollahs in Iraq's Shi'ite religious hierarchy. In religious terms he has followers among Shi'ites in Iraq and abroad, but since 2003 he has been renowned for rejecting the presence of the US...