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Articles posted by Dr. Tawfik Hamid
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is an Islamic thinker and reformer, and one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He is currently a Senior Fellow and Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Arlington, Virginia.
Objective evaluation of the recent visit by United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Egypt suggests a possible softening of the critical tone which, up until now, the U.S. has used with the Egyptian military. Factors that support this understanding of Clinton’s message include: 1- In contrast with previously stated U.S. positions making U.S. More »
In clear contrast to electoral tendencies in other “Arab Spring” countries, relatively liberal parties in Libya seem to have decisively crushed their Islamist rivals in last Saturday’s parliamentary poll. The development came as a surprise to many. Here are some reasons which might explain the apparent anti-Islamic trend in a country which last year More »
Following the first post-revolution parliamentary elections in Egypt, many Egyptians became extremely alarmed about the real prospect of their country becoming fully controlled by Islamists who had just won more than 80 percent of the seats. Also, this initial sweeping victory compelled many Islamists themselves to assert that they were the true representatives of More »