Religious Authority in the Middle East: Implications for U.S. Policy
March 19, 2019
Religious authority is an increasingly influential but poorly understood source of power in governments throughout the Middle East. Who speaks for Islam in the region? How do Islamists and fundamentalists harness and exert religious authority, despite Islam’s largely decentralized power structure?
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- Sarah Yerkes,
- A.Kadir Yildirim,
- Shaun Casey,
- Nathan J. Brown,
- Courtney Freer,
- Annelle Sheline,
- Scott Williamson,
- Sharan Grewal,
- Mirjam Künkler,
- Tarek Masoud,
- Yusuf Sarfati,
- Peter Mandaville