MESF PhD candidate Tezcan Gumus contributed to a new SBS podcast on the impact of Turkish politics on the Australian-Turkish community. Listen here.
Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed has published a new piece in Asian Currents. Read the article here.
Destroying Mosul’s Great Mosque: Islamic State’s symbolic war to the end
Read A/Prof Benjamin Isakhan & Dr Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona’s commentary on ISIS’s destruction of the al-Nuri mosque here.
Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh quoted by ABC PM
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh was quoted on ABC Radio’s PM program on the Muslim parent hotline. Listen to the interview here.
Prof Fethi Mansouri interviewed on ABC Radio National
Professor Fethi Mansouri was interviewed on ABC Radio National’s The World Today program on his recent report on Islamic Religiosity in the West. Listen here.
Azadeh Davachi interviewed on ManotoTV (Persian)
MESF HDR candidate Azadeh Davachi was interviewed on the Persian-language ManotoTV. View the television station’s website here.
A/Prof Benjamin Isakhan interviewed on Radio Adelaide
MESF’s Associate Professor Benjamin Isakhan was interviewed on Radio Adelaide on the topic of IS heritage destruction. Listen to the full interview here.
Erasing history: why Islamic State is blowing up ancient artefacts
Read A/Prof Ben Isakhan and Dr Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona’s commentary on IS’s heritage destruction on The Conversation here.