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Tarek Masoud

Islamic State

ISIS? ISIL? The Islamic State? We really still can’t decide?

Conflict

Governments and news outlets still can’t seem to agree on what to call the militants who’ve named themselves the Islamic State, and now the French government is using yet another term: Daesh, an Arabic acronym. But why can’t we figure out what to call these guys?

A map showing the early Islamic Caliphate.

Who wants a caliphate, anyway?

Global Politics
A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - ISIS - on a street in the city of Mosul.

Just what is a ‘caliphate’ — and why are some Muslims keen to reestablish one?

Lifestyle & Belief
A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - ISIS - on a street in the city of Mosul.

Just what is a ‘caliphate’ — and why are some Muslims keen to reestablish one?

Lifestyle & Belief
The World

Where Does Political Islam in Egypt go From Here?

Global Politics

Egyptian Islamists: ‘We’ve Won Elections, Now Democracy Isn’t Good Enough?’

Conflict & Justice

Tarek Masoud of Harvard University says the cleavages between liberals and Islamists run deep in Egyptian society, and that even deep concessions by Morsi would not bridge the divide.