Thanks. The alliance between populist, religious & nationalist forces is the main challenge to secularism today.

My Free Malaysia Today interview on religion-state separation in written & as a video summary: www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nat...

My article is part of a review symposium on @tariqmodood.bsky.social & T. Sealy's book "The New Governance of Religious Diversity" ( @politybooks.bsky.social) in Ethnicities journal.
Read the full symposium: journals.sagepub.com/page/etn/rev...

My new Ethnicities article: What type of secularism may govern religious diversity better in Syria & other cases? Why is the principle of separation crucial in the US & elsewhere? How did Protestant countries develop despite their clergy-state alliances?
researchgate.net/publication/...

My @jodemocracy.bsky.social article on Turkey's ideological past & possible future;
-Ataturk, Erdogan, secularists, Gulenists
-How international structure affects agency in Turkish politics?
-Can İmamoğlu restore Ataturk's legacy—in his own vision?
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Mamdani'nin New York seçim zaferinin ABD ve Türkiye için anlamını @yeniarayis.com'a yazdım.
Erdoğan, Kılıçdaroğlu, Bahçeli ve Öcalan 70 yaşın üzerinde.
ABD ve Türkiye'de siyasetteki tıkanmayı gençler aşabilir:
yeniarayis.com/yazi/genc-si...

Dr. Michael Bonner & I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru professor of political science & director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies at @SDSU for an illuminating conversation about his scholarship. @ahmetkuru.bsky.social

We talked extensively about @ahmetkuru.bsky.social 's 2019 book, Islam Authoritarianism & Underdevelopment (with many translation recently German Hindi & its ban in Malaysia) on the impediment of ulema state alliance to separation of church & state + its Sasanian roots. @cambridgeup.bsky.social

Liberalizm, faşizmi ve sosyalizmi yendikten sonra, kendi küresel krizini nasıl doğurdu?
İslam neden rakip bir ideoloji değil? Batı'dan, Müslüman ülkelere, liberalizmin düşüşü ve popülizmin yükselişini @yeniarayis.com için yazdım:
yeniarayis.com/yazi/batidan...

My interview with Pakistani intellectual & journalist
@moeedpirzada.bsky.social
We discussed the Muslim world from history to present:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1db...

Thanks to Free Malaysia Today for its article on Malaysian Islamic Council's ban on my books & how my publishers Lestari Hikmah & IRF resisted:
www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nat...
Its video summary:

This is longer, English version of my analysis of books on Islam and the state (by @fivebooks.com): fivebooks.com/best-books/i...

تعرض مقالتي في @aljazeera.net.web.brid.gy أربعة كتب أساسية لفهم تاريخ الإسلام السياسي، من أطروحة عبد الرازق في فصل الدين عن الدولة، إلى تحليل ابن خلدون الاجتماعي، مروراً برؤية هودجسون التاريخية،
وصولاً إلى كتابي الإسلام والسلطوية والتأخر:
aja.ws/9xdk4n

In this InSIGHTs episode, we have Ahmet Kuru (@ahmetkuru.bsky.social) as guest to speak about the international journey of his "Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment" (2019, Cambridge UP), about secularism and democracy debates in Muslim countries, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=quT3...

What explains Turkey's political turmoil? Erdogan's dilemma between authoritarian power & economic crisis?
I discussed in a live interview with @bbcworldservice.bsky.social. Full video youtu.be/egll6c-wt4k

"Trump appears to hold unchecked power for now — but three key factors could threaten his grip."
My op-ed on Trump and the new world disorder in Pakistan's leading Eng. newspaper Dawn:
dawn.com/news/1899650...

Excellent analysis. Professor Ahmet Kuru is one of the world’s foremost experts on Islam & authoritarianism.

His observations about Imamoglu’s widening the CHP tent to include women w/ headscarves—& the positive impact that Turkey could have on the Muslim world if it ever re-democratises—are key.

What explains the mass political protests in Turkey? Who is Imamoglu, and why is he important? I gave a 5-minute live interview on Australia's ABC News Breakfast @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Full video youtube.com/watch?v=Z-b6...

Written abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

My publishers & I push back against Malaysian Islamic Council's ban on my books!
-My interview to Indonesia's NU Online:
nu.or.id/internasiona...
-Publisher LestariHikmah's statement @malaysiakini.bsky.social:
malaysiakini.com/news/738005
-Publisher IRFront's statement
irfront.org/post/mki-an-...

Thanks for sharing my article @daviddewitt.bsky.social.

Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time buff.ly/eFfUAAl
@ahmetkuru.bsky.social, San Diego State University