this presentation was presented to the Institute of European Studies in Brussel
Middle East 2015/2016 overview.
Role of EU in Middle East conflict
What is Islam
Muslims in Europe
Conclusion
Inclusive process, rigourous methodology and policy uptake are the key issues raised in this power point presentation by Paul van Hoof, senior advisor on local governance with IDASA, at the Cairo workshop on assessing governance in sectors, June 2009.
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This presentation includes the history of Israel and Palestine concept along with various factors. A word file attached with it has got details where under NOTES, the explanation is written
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ISIL is the offspring of WWI, Hitler, Sadam and PovertySteve Hartkopf
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Modern Middle EastThe turbulence in the Middle East contin.docxaudeleypearl
Modern Middle East
The turbulence in the Middle East continues to attract the attention of the international community as the reports on gross human violations, and the unrestrained wanton bloodshed continues to capture news headlines. The international community can no longer afford to ignore the issues happening in the region as threats associated with the conflicts and destabilizations in the Middle East continue to spread to other parts of the world. Furthermore, the fighting in the modern Middle East has led to an unprecedented increase in the number of asylum seekers to various European countries as well as America. Thousands of immigrants have detached themselves from their families and risked their lives in the last few years since the 2010 Arab Spring with the hopes of finding sanctuary from the constant fighting and bloodshed witnessed in their native lands. How did it come to this? Why does peace and stability among the Muslims remain so elusive in the Middle East despite professing in the same Allah? Would the bloodshed and fighter ever end? Many people ask these questions as the global media houses continue to report about massacres and attacks on unarmed civilians as well as the rise of terrorist organizations affiliated to different governments in the Middle East.
The international community has been largely drawn into the fighting witnessed in the modern Middle East due to varied geopolitical interests. For instance, the United States and Russia have openly shown their support for opposing sides in the Middle Eastern wars despite calls for two superpowers to intervene to end the bloody conflicts that threaten global peace. A worrisome prospect of the issue is that sustainable peace would remain unrealized due to the differences in opinion between Washington and Kremlin. However, a significant factor that often remains underreported or deliberately ignored in the instability in the modern Middle East is the roles of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the issue.
International security analysts and human rights groups have accused the two Islamic powerhouses of supporting various rebel factions and fighting proxy wars to establish regional superiority with the backing of their main allies, Russia and the U.S. respectively. An essential issue in the matter is understanding why Iran and Saudi Arabia remain at odds over the years. An online news article titled “Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals” that was published by a BBC reporter, Jonathan Marcus, attempts to associate the constant conflicts in the Middle East with the religious differences that the two countries maintain. The sustained conflicts in the Middle East is due to the centuries-old differences between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims and have little to do with the geopolitical interests of the world’s superpowers. Instead, the United States and Russia appear interested in the continued fighting to support their strategic interests in the region by exploiting the disagre.
About 30 of the some 50 countries that currently outlaw blasphemy, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report, are majority Muslim. Beyond the expected theocracies like Saudi Arabia, this includes states with aspirations to democracy and modernity like Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia, which is officially secular but home to a population that is about 87 percent Muslim.
The use of the charge ranges from the nominal to the horrifying. Since 2016, the Egyptian poet Fatima Naoot has been serving a three-year prison sentence for criticizing the slaughter of animals during Eid al-Fitr on Facebook. A Malaysian man was charged with blasphemy for posing questions to his religion teachers. Even the mere accusation of blasphemy poses the threat of violence:
Hum 104, Lecture notes 2014, class VIIIChapter 23, The Contempor.docxadampcarr67227
Hum 104, Lecture notes 2014, class VIII
Chapter 23, The Contemporary World, 1970-2014
Globalization, Terrorism, Postmodernism
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New York’s World Trade Center (WTC) Project- a post-modern complex set to be completed in 2014-is a powerful symbol of today’s complex, global world. The first WTC, sited on the East River, just steps from Wall Street, was finished in 1973. A modernist jewel, its twin glass towers seemed to signal two messages: the United States is a super power and New York is a major player in the emerging global economy. Those messages were strengthened in 1990, with the end of the cold war and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Even a failed bombing attack against the WTC by Islamic radicals in 1993, only briefly disrupted the period’s generally optimistic mood. But, on September 11, 2011, all of that changed. Islamic radicals brought down the Twin Towers, causing great loss of life. An outraged nation, led by President George W. Bush, vowed to avenge the attacks and rebuild the World Trade Center.
The destruction of the World Trade Center divides this period into two phases: toward a new global order, 1970-2001; and the Age of Terrorism, 1970-present. Before 9/11, the West, driven by globalization and a booming economy, envisioned the future as a peaceful, unified, multicultural world. After 9/11, that global vision was challenged. Conflicts between the West and Islamic radicals, which had been sporadic for decades, now moved to a higher level, most notably in wars against the Islamic states of Iraq and Afghanistan. The globalization ideal remained dominant in cultural conversation. The global economy boomed until the Great Recession that began in 2008. Today, the economy, though shaky, shows many signs of recovery-offering hope for the future. And the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings have, once again, caused the West to rethink its relationship to the Islamic world.
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No big wars marked the 70s, but little wars continued. Ethnic conflicts proliferated, and the globe shrank. Détente was the word of the moment as the super-powers became more open with each other, especially economically.
OPEC began to oppose the buying nations that had founded the group. In 1974, they embargoed the sale of oil to the US and Western Europe which led to gasoline shortages, high prices at the pump, and rationing. Some states used an odd/even license plate number to decide which day its owner could get fuel, and some stations sold gasoline only to their regulars and then an appointment was needed.
Presidents of the US during the age were: Richard Nixon, who ended the war in Viet Nam; opened dialogue with China, but wound up resigning from office because of his involvement in the Watergate cover-up. Gerald Ford, appointed VP when Spiro Agnew was forced to resign that office, served the rest of Nixon’s term and brought some calm to the country’s politics. Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and former governor of Georgi.
After Charlie and Garissa, addressing the external dimension of global terror...Philippe Darmuzey
Keynote speech at University of Pretoria, Governance Innovation week, South Africa.
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Conflicts in the Middle East & their impact on the European Union
1. CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST &
THEIR IMPACT ON THE EUROPEAN
UNION
2015/2016 OBSERVATION
By Dr. Karim Hamza: Khamza@vub.ac.be
2. AGENDA
Middle East 2015/2016 overview.
Role of EU in Middle East conflict
What is Islam
Muslims in Europe
Conclusion
3. MIDDLE EAST 2015 (NEW COLD WAR)
Brief
Middle East is the confrontation zone for religious wars since ages.
Saudi Arabia hold Makkah and Madinah the most holly places for all Muslims (Sunni and Shia)
Jerusalem hold the most holly place for Muslim; Christian ; and Jewish
Iraq hold Karbla a holy place for Shia
49% of world oil reserve
20% of Muslims almost 300 million
Control red sea;Arabian gulf; part of mediterranean
Conflict
4 failed states since 2011 (Syria; Iraq;Yemen; Libya)
Rise of confirmation between Saudi Arabia (Sunni) and Iran (Shia)
Intense USA & Russia military presence in Syria
Increase tension between Sunni and Shia in gulf region
The Israeli / Palestinian conflict still on going
Most of conflicts based on ethnic but is transforming into religious conflict
4. MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT ZONES
Role Syria Iraq Yemen Libya
Saudi Arabia Primary Primary Primary NA
Iran Primary Primary Primary Secondary
USA Primary Primary Secondary Secondary
Russia Primary NA NA NA
Turkey Primary Secondary NA Secondary
Militia ISIS |Hizballah| Kurds ISIS | Shia | Kurds Houthis | Qadaa Tribal
5. ROLE OF EU IN MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Negotiation between rebels in Syria and Libya
War in Syria (France and UK airstrikes on terrorist targets in Syria)
NATO coalition forces in south turkey on Syrian borders
NATO joint air strikes on Libya
Training and support for different rebel groups in Syria ; Iraq and Libya
Part of smuggled oil in Syria; Iraq and Libya or sold to EU countries through Turkey.
EU opened humanitarian support for Syrian refugees (Germany and France)
EU release sanctions on Iran (oil prices and stock market go down)
6. MIDDLE EAST IMPACT ON EU COUNTRIES
mass Immigration
1 million in 2015
SecurityViolation
Paris attack, border review
Economic risk
Oil prices
Spread of Ethnic conflict
Raise of hate crimes against Muslims
Regional Stability
Undefined allies
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8. WHAT IS ISLAM
Islam appeared in Makka (in Saudi arabia now) on 600 A.C by Prophet Mohamed
Islam Recognize Chesses and Bible; Moses andTorah ; Abrham
Quran presents the framework for worship and commitment to faith
Pillars of Islam: comprise five official acts considered obligatory for all Muslims.The five pillars are
Shahadah (witnessing the oneness of God and the prophethood of Mohamed ),
Five daily prayers (salat),
Paying zakah (charity) to the poor (2% of income)
Fasting Ramadan month
Hajj to Makka (pilgrimage during the second month after Ramadan) at least once in a lifetime.
Jihad in Islam: the duty of Muslim to defend his/her sole; family; country ; other Muslims and belief against armed enemies.
Muslims Populations is 1.6 billion (23% of world population, second largest religion)
45 million Muslim in Europe
Source http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1859?_hi=17&_pos=3
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10. CONCLUSION
Mix between Islam and terrorism
Position ISIS “Dashe” as Islamic State
Misunderstanding Jihad
Rise of religious hate and crimes
Media conspiracy
DonaldTrump
11. THANKYOU
DR. KARIM HAMZA
Senior Associate Researcher
Khamza@vub.ac.be
www.karimhamza.com
The Institute for European Studies
Pleinlaan 5
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Email: ies@vub.ac.be
Tel : +32 2 614 80 01
Fax : +32 2 6148010