Dr. Saud Al-Sharafat
Researcher Specialized in Globalization and International Terrorism
Writings by
Political Islam in Focus
Jordan's Official Approach towards the Muslim Brotherhood
The paper addresses Jordan's official approach towards the Muslim Brotherhood from formation until the so-called "Arab Spring". This paper is a continuation of two previous papers that have discussed the experience of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan since its establishment in 1945, and the role of cross-border ideology in defining the group's political and partisan practices in Jordan.
Security Issues
Global Terrorism Map 2021
The Institute for Economics and Peace in Sydney (IEP), in its annual release for the ninth year in a row, presented the special report in which it monitors an intensive reading of the developments of global terrorism, based on the results of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) for the year 2022. This paper provides a monitoring of the most prominent global and regional trends for the terrorist threats and their escalation by analyzing the effects and repercussions of terrorism around the world, according to the report.
Political Islam in Focus
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Regional Role and Transnational Ideology
The paper aims to analyze the role of transnational ideology, in the partisan and political practices of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, and its implications for the group's regional role, whether in its relations with the group's branches in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, or in some regional countries, such as Iran and Turkey.
Political Islam in Focus
THE HYBRID EXPERIENCE OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN JORDAN
This paper presents a study for the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan over centuries since this group was founded in 1945. The study is focusing via a descriptive and analytical view on the hybrid mixture in the Muslim Brotherhood practices, which range from the religious charity dimensions and the political considerations, along with the changes and transformations in the Muslim Brotherhood's discourse, which turned from being of breaching into being of protesting.
Jordanian Affairs
The impact of the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan on the terrorism issue in Jordan
Expert Saud Al-Sharafat examines the impact of the rise of the Taliban movement and its control of Afghanistan on terrorism and extremist groups in Jordan, as well as the security risks associated with them, using a broad and in-depth analysis