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Ahmet T. Kuru is professor of political science at San Diego State University. He is the author of Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge UP 2019) and Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey (Cambridge UP 2009). With the late Alfred Stepan, he edited Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Columbia UP 2012).
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhy Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-makingIslam is neither an instrument of identity politics, nor an ideology offering political solutions.
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Published in: HomeWhy is Turkey torn between the United States and Russia?In the last five years, the majority of Turkish society has embraced anti-western discourses probably at the deepest...
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Published in: HomeAlfred Stepan – Democracy and IslamStepan’s deep respect for Muslims was an extension of his general respect to all human beings, a reflection of his...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption, Islamism, and Twitter in TurkeyErdoğan has consolidated the executive, legislative, and the judicial powers under his authority; yet he has been...