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President Obama has become the target of a lot of criticism from the Republicans in the U.S. and from many anti-West critics in Europe and the Arab World. The criticisms present a plethora of reasons why the U.S. should not have intervened in the Libyan civil war. These...

Saudi Arabia has taken the unprecedented decision to become an imperial power opposed to reform and change. It has now deployed forces in a foreign country in defense of a monarchy.Along with five hundred troops from UAE, a thousand Saudi troops have entered Bahrain to engage the...

We are witnessing the rebirth of the Arab World. Mubarak resigns and with him ends the age of dictators, repressions and lack of freedom in Egypt. If Egypt becomes democratic, it does not have to become a perfect democracy overnight, it will suffice that it begins transition to...

We are witnessing the rebirth of the Arab World. Mubarak resigns and with him ends the age of dictators, repressions and lack of freedom in Egypt. If Egypt becomes democratic, it does not have to become a perfect democracy overnight, it will suffice that it begins transition to...

Mike Huckabee, the conservative former Arkansas governor, this weekend said that he is concerned about Islam’s role in Egypt’s future.  As On Faith panelist Reza Aslan this week noted, Huckabee has also called for Americans to “take this nation back for Christ” and, while running...

A few years ago Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris, both prominent American political scientists, made an interesting argument that the civilizational divide between Muslims and the West was not about democracy but sex. They had found that when it came to democracy, there was...

Once again the viciousness that haunts Muslim communities has manifested itself in the form of a brutal assassination of the Pakistani Provincial Governor Salman Taseer last week. The assassin, Taseer’s bodyguard, claimed that he killed Taseer because the governor was opposed to...

A deal President Obama struck with Republican leaders last week will extend tax cuts across the board including, controversially, to the richest Americans. Some politicians argue that religious values should be reflected in the public square. Should this faith-based view of...

WikiLeaks is in the process of transforming foreign affairs and international relations in a dramatic fashion. It is revealing over 250,000 cables from US embassies worldwide to the State department and other classified documents. The consequences of this ‘mega-scoop’ will be...

The Hajj sermon this year – one of the highlights of the three-day pilgrimage that millions of Muslims make to Mecca every year – has received special attention in the media all over the Muslim world. Excerpts from the sermon, which condemn terrorism and extremism and advocate...