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By Karim IFRAKDr. Karim IFRAK is an Islamologist and codicologist specializing in the geopolitics of the Muslim worlds.    __________________________________________ Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic, is a country in the north of Central Asia at the junction of Europe and Asia. As big as 5 times France, it shares its borders with Russia in the north, China in the east, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan in the south. Bordered by the Caspian Sea to the west (1,894 km of coast) and the Aral Sea to the south-west (1,070 …

By Karim IFRAK Islamologist and codicologist specializing in the geopolitics of the Muslim worlds.

The emergence of an economic power Imagine a country made of sand. No fossil resources, no rare metals, just sand… and the sea. And that changes everything. This geography, once just conducive to fishing and pearl farming, took on a whole new value when, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Persian Gulf became, thanks to the discovery of hydrocarbons, a crossroads of international trade. This is what the chief of a tribe reigning over Dubai, a small coastal village living, at the time, …

Dubai, the city of all excesses, infinite towers, sprawling business, limitless money, « lifted » face influencers, and Emiratis driving 2 million euros carriages… What if I told you that this is all just a facade? Emiratis don’t have only 1000 meter high towers. Their roots also have the same depth. In the medina of Marrakech, you have to know how to cross the door set in a cracked wall to discover the opulent richness of a sumptuous Riad. Here, you sometimes just have to push a …

The exodus of Azeris from Armenia in 1987 To Madame Audrey Azoulay,Director-General of UNESCO  Paris, February 21 2022  Subject : Letter-appeal from Azerbaijanis from Armenia, members of the Azerbaijani diaspora in France, in Europe and Azerbaijan’s supporters to Madame Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.  Y/Ref.: UNESCO missions to Azerbaijan and Armenia.J/d: Non-exhaustive list of Azerbaijani cultural heritage in Armenia (in alphabetical order). ASP: ZS (CF/E-1479) FOLLOW-UP LETTER n°1L 026 909 5190 7 Anticipated by email to <dg@unesco.org>, <odg-dir@unesco.org>, <dg.secretariat@unesco.org> Madame Director-General,  In our capacity as Azerbaijanis from Armenia, members …

The Albanian Church is one of the oldest Eastern Christian cults. ransacked by the Armenian forces during the years of occupation, it is reborn today.

Dr. Karim IFRAK is an Islamologist specializing in the geopolitics of the Muslim worlds Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar (Egypt), in Abu Dhabi in 2019 It would be disregarding Islam, although this is generally the case, to reduce it to these radical, excessively minority components, although they dominate media spaces and political discourse. Components involved, most often directly, as well as without their knowledge, in the disfiguration of the image of Islam and Muslims. As for the actors of the violence, al-Qaeda …

Dr. Karim IFRAK  Doctor of the Practical School of Higher Studies (E.P.H.E) Karim IFRAK is an Islamologist specializing in geopolitics in Muslim worlds.   __________________________________________________________ Mural fresco of the Paleochristian catacombs of Saints Marcellin and Peter, martyrs, victims at the beginning of the 4th century AD of the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian.   A multi-confessional and multi-ethnic country with Persian, Arab and European influences, Azerbaijan, since the proclamation of its first failed independence in 1918, has constantly praised its centuries-old tradition of tolerance and inclusiveness. Rich with a …

On June 10, 2021, a "Declaration of Peace in Afghanistan" under which the parties undertake to embark on a process of peace and reconciliation. has been signed in Mecc