Sunni Muslims, more than 1 billion, represent 85% of the Muslim world. They follow the authority of the Qur’an and the example of the Prophet (sunna)
Islam

Ulama, the Heirs of the Prophets

Ulama are religious experts. In sociological terms, they might be considered the Islamic clergy. Today they are at the center of a re-institutionalization project of Islam which several states are actively pursuing
Middle East and Africa

Does an Iraqi “Sunnistan” Really Exist?

The fall of Saddam’s regime has thrown the Iraqi Arab Sunni into a representation void. ISIS has ably ridden this wave, leaving the legacy, today, of a young generation that has been “militarized” and “sectarianized”
Middle East and Africa

The Middle East in the Time of the Great Sorting-Out

The American intervention in Iraq has set off an imposing political restructuring of the region, triggering a struggle between different religious and ethnic communities. Syria as a paradigm
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Apr, 2018

The Crisis of the Sunni Compromise

We need to recover the “spirit” of the Qur’an. This move allows a scholar to decide that the spirit of the Qur’an promotes social justice
Islam

The Divisions in the Middle East: Not Only Sunnis and Shiites

In the Gulf crisis, Ulama and preachers have aligned not according to religious but political orientation
Islam

Sunnis and Shiites: Their Differences and the Origin of an Ancient Divide

To diffuse the conflict in the Islamic world, the religious and secular spheres should be differenciated
Religion and Society

My war is holier than yours

Following the fiasco of the secular nationalist experience in countries like Egypt and Iran, the radical components of each group have since the 1970s enjoyed great notoriety and exerted a notable influence. Their differing conceptions of jihad and martyrdom.