Constructing Reputation: The UAE’s Branding of ‘Moderate Islam’ as Soft Power
(2025) The Kingdom’s God: The Use and Abuse of Religion in Foreign Policy — Location: Hybrid (3.December.2025)
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- This presentation analyses how the United Arab Emirates deploys a discourse of “moderate Islam” as a tool of foreign policy, international positioning, and reputation management. While rooted in domestic efforts to regulate religious authority and promote interfaith coexistence, this discourse extends beyond internal governance to function as a strategic form of religious soft power.
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Abi Saleh, H. (2025). Constructing Reputation: The UAE’s Branding of ‘Moderate Islam’ as Soft Power. The Kingdom’s God: The Use and Abuse of Religion in Foreign Policy, Hybrid. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/266357