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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Islam</title>
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		<title>Beyond Af-Pak and Yem-Som</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/06/beyond-af-pak-and-yem-som/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen has now joined the list of prominent theaters in the battle against Islamist extremism.  This is no surprise to anyone who had noted its place in governance rankings.
Where next?  Here&#8217;s the basic list: the 20 least-stable countries in the world, with those in play in that battle in red, and others with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamizing Egypt</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/16/islamizing-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/16/islamizing-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The International Herald Tribune details the process of Islamization, using the case of Egypt.
In Egypt and other Arab lands, faced with frustrated hopes and poor economic prospects,
the young are turning to religion for solace and purpose, pulling their parents and their governments along with them.  With 60 percent of the region&#8217;s population under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Islamizing Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/15/more-on-islamizing-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/15/more-on-islamizing-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural flows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Der Spiegel adds more detail to the Islamizing trend in Indonesia.
An Indonesian editor asserts that &#8220;We are on the brink of a comprehensive Islamicization of Indonesia.&#8221;  That is not yet clear, but Islamic parties continue to press for an &#8220;anti-pornography&#8221; law that would actually restrict many freedoms, and impose new limits on dress, movies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driver: the Sunni-Shiite rift</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/17/driver-the-sunni-shiite-rift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/17/driver-the-sunni-shiite-rift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT reports on an important potential driver of Middle East futures: the probably- widening divide between Sunnis and Shiites, propelled by events in Lebanon and Iraq.
Says one Egyptian expert, &#8220;The reality of the current situation is that we are approaching an open Sunni-Shiite conflict in the region. And Egypt will also be a part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia dangers</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/28/somalia-dangers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/28/somalia-dangers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The International Crisis Group (ICG) issued a warning on Somalia today.  It begins:
The draft resolution the U.S. intends to present to the UN Security Council on 29 November could trigger all-out war in Somalia and destabilise the entire Horn of Africa region by escalating the proxy conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to dangerous new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alienated US Hispanics and Islam</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/03/alienated-us-hispanics-and-islam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/03/alienated-us-hispanics-and-islam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent articles highlight a potentially dangerous combination.
US cities and states are increasingly pursuing anti-immigrant measures, enforcing federal laws and checking immigration status in the course of other police business.
These measures are targeted against growing Hispanic immigrant populations, and are clearly motivated in part by a basic hostility toward difference.
Widespread adoption of these policies might in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamizing Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/08/islamizing-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/08/islamizing-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Indonesian poltics are &#8220;increasingly dominated by fundamentalists&#8221; seeking to &#8220;purify the nation,&#8221; the Sunday Times reports.
The fundamentalists are trying to legislate strict rules on clothing and public affection. Local governments have already begun to imprison people for offenses such as praying in Bahasa Indonesia rather than Arabic, or arguing that non-Muslims can go to heaven.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic intensification in Saudi Arabia?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/27/islamic-intensification-in-saudi-arabia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/27/islamic-intensification-in-saudi-arabia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports on popular Islamic activism in Saudi Arabia.
Spurred in part by the Danish cartoon controversy, people are joining grass-roots groups, signing petitions, promoting boycotts, and raising money for pro-Islamic ads to be shown in Europe.
An activist argues that this could reduce support for violence and terrorist groups such as al Qaeda, instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mideast media: criticizing Islam on Al Jazeera</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/11/mideast-media-criticizing-islam-on-al-jazeera/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/11/mideast-media-criticizing-islam-on-al-jazeera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural flows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Syrian-American psychiatrist has provoked anger and discussion in the Arab world with her harsh assessments of the current state of Islam, and unfavorable comparison of Muslims to Jews, in appearances on Al Jazeera satellite TV.
Two aspects of this story are salient:

Al Jazeera, for all the distress it causes the United States, is a powerful [...]]]></description>
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