Jan 2, 2013 | Reports
Aimed at European and Western readerships, the MENA Report aims to provide impartial, accurate and authoritative content and analysis, through The Cordoba Foundation’s unique access to rare and highly important primary sources in the Middle East and beyond
The MENA Report seeks to unpick and unravel some of this, and provide objective and strategic insights into events and developments in the region.
This first issue of The MENA Report focuses on some of the salient issues and developments in the region, including crises facing the new governments in Egypt and Tunisia; the situation on the ground in Bahrain and the role of Gulf countries; the Israel-Palestine conflict and the recent French operations in Mali.
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Dec 11, 2012 | External Publications
EU_s_response_to_the__Arab_Spring___The_State-of-Play_after_Two_YearsMore than two years have passed since the dawn of the “Arab Spring”, starting with the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. The situation in practically the whole of the Arab world remains highly fluid yet important differences have emerged among and between the countries and the
regions. While overall significant progress has been made in promoting democratic reforms (e.g. holding of elections in line with democratic standards, strengthening of the role of civil society, increased freedom of expression and assembly) many obstacles still need to be overcome in order for these transitions to be successfully consolidated.
Dec 3, 2012 | Policy Papers
The Cordoba Foundation is pleased to present its new seminar series entitled ‘TCF Intellectual Revisions’ which is a series of open debates to explore the limits and boundries of the modern Islamic thought and ideology.
The first seminar entitled ”The Arab Spring through the lens of the Islamic movement: Opportunities and Challenges” was convened on the 2nd of Nov 2012 with the participation of a prominent members of the Islamic movements in the West and the Arab world. New boundries of political Islam and Islamic thought were candidly discussed.
Old and new ideas were put to the strains of discussion and the countours of the sacred and the mundane were opened for scrutiny and investigation.
Please click here to read the document in Arabic
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Nov 7, 2012 | Events
Spread across a chain of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia, Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population and Southeast Asia’s biggest economy and can claim to be one of the earlier pioneers of an Islamic democracy. Suffering badly from the Asian economic crisis of the 1990s, Indonesia has been largely silent on the international scene, slowing buidling back.
A devastating tsunami in 2004 provided an opportunity for Indonesia to pave the way towards settling some of the internal conflicts that had been affecting it.
In the wake of the numerous changes happening in the Middle East, much is being made about the rise of Islamic Democracy. Indonesia has a role to play in developing the arguments on this.
Join us for an interesting roundtable discussion on ‘ The Role of Indonesia in a Changing Muslim World’
Speaker – Dr Nurhayati Ali Assegaf
DATE: Wed 7th November 2012.
TIME: 1.15pm (lunch will be served)
PLACE: Room 306, 3rd Floor, London Muslim Centre , 46 Whitechapel Road, London E1. (Nearest tube: Aldgate East / Whitechapel )
Limited places!!!
Please click here to reserve a place
