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The Persian Gulf is currently in the midst of one of the largest arms races it has ever known. The chief motivation for it is Iran’s progress on its nuclear program and the possibility that Arab Gulf states will be in the line of fire in any future conflict
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"Turkey in 2010 is not the same Turkey as a decade ago." It has made vast strides in extending its economic and political weight far beyond its traditional sphere of influence.
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Algeria voted in favour of the resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty and seven other Arab countries abstained in 2008. Four of them (Bahrain, Jordan, Mauritania and Oman) changed their vote from no in 2007 to abstention in 2008.
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Can the Arab world become a major contributor to the advancement of the sciences, as it once was many centuries ago? Does it need to? If so, how best to go about it?
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The Ignorance of the Islamic Religious Establishment Has Grown Worse Since the Late 1960s.
"They (Imams) relate to problems with complete stupidity. For example, in one of Imam Khomeini's fatwas, he presents the matter of a Muslim going into space in a space capsule and he only discusses how he would figure out in which direction to pray in outer space.
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In recent months, Iran has been making efforts to renew diplomatic relations with Egypt. Relations between the two countries were cut off in 1981 by the founder of Iran's Islamic regime Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in protest against Egypt's peace agreement with Israel, and following Egypt's granting of political asylum to the deposed Shah.
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For the first time in its history, the Muslim Brotherhood movement would publicize its political platform. The following is a draft of the Platform
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The idea of "Islamic government" is a myth created by the power-hungry to subdue Muslims and non-Muslims alike to benefit exclusively those who rule.
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In the here and now, that enemy is militant Islam - a very particular practice and interpretation of a very particular set of religious, political
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9/11 was not the only terrorist plot to benefit from lax enforcement of ordinary immigration controls-every major Al-Qaeda attack or conspiracy in
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Individuals join extremist groups for a number of reasons, including the desire to promote specific political goals, as well as financial, spiritual
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When moderate Muslims remain silent, extremists speak for all. It is time that Muslim moderates rescued Islam and Muslim causes from the extremists.
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Arab antisemitism is not rooted in legends, such as Jesus' crucifixion, rather in the actual conflict in Palestine.
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One of the most effective strategies at governments' disposal may be to split off pragmatists from radical rejectionists.
