The May 2023 Turkish presidential elections have revived the decades-old debates among Islamists over Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the degree to which his policies and achievements have conformed with Islam.
Canadian Islamic scholar Sheikh Tariq Abdelhaleem, in a series of shows on the Al-Qaeda affiliated OGN TV on YouTube, praised the Taliban and criticized the "submissive" conduct of Indian Muslims.