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The Devil at Hajj: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Violence in Islam

When the devil still matters… Read more

Topics: Global Islam • R. Joseph Hoffmann • Religion • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Wed, September 16, 2015 at 23:44 pm CEST
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The Arab States and the Refugees

The refugee crisis has exposed the abject failure of the EU, the UN, the OIC or anybody else to criticize the bloated Arab nations of the Gulf… Read more

Topics: Arab World • Bahrain • Europe • Human Rights • Kuwait • Multiculturalism • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • United Arab Emirates 
Posted on Tue, November 26, 2013 at 22:25 pm CET
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How U.S. Policy Is Betraying Not Only Israel, but also Sunni Arabs

It seems the Obama administration wants to sabotage U.S. Middle-East policy… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Obamaism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, November 18, 2013 at 20:28 pm CET
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After the Pax Americana

A three-bloc fight for the regional crown… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Israel • Politics • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, November 4, 2013 at 22:54 pm CET
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Israel and the Gulf States, an Alliance of Interests

Israel and the Gulf States draw closer together… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • GCC • Israel • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Fri, July 5, 2013 at 22:44 pm CEST
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Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One

Starvation is the unstated subject of this week’s military coup… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Economy • Egypt • Politics • Qatar • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 16:55 pm CET
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Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ike

The real lessons of 1956… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Britain • Diplomacy • Egypt • France • History • Iraq • Israel • Obamaism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Wed, January 16, 2013 at 17:08 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Malian Security Service Arrests Cheibani Ould Hama

Cheibani has been accused of various kidnappings and terrorist killings… Continue reading

Topics: Maghreb • Mali • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, April 17, 2012 at 20:39 pm CEST
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Obama’s “Secret” Plan on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Issue and Why It Will Fail

The problem with the Obama administration is that it wants to pursue policies that may be acceptable to the day-dreaming cultural elite, but not to… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:51 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia

The first Muslim Brotherhood activists came to Saudi Arabia in the first half of the 1950s… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Saudi Arabia • Wahhabism 
Posted on Thu, April 5, 2012 at 20:52 pm CEST
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Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”

And yet the West — with all its institutions of higher learning, including governmental agencies dealing with cultural and religious questions — is still thoroughly “confused” as to what Islam teaches… Continue reading

Topics: Academic Bias • Anti-Christianism • Global Islam • Jihadism • Media Bias • Political Correctness • Religion • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Sun, February 19, 2012 at 14:11 pm CET
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Riyadh Enters the Yemen-Huthi Fray

On August 11, 2009, the Yemeni government launched “Operation Scorched Earth,” aimed at putting an end to the Huthi uprising that had destabilized the country’s northern province of Sa’da for more than five years… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • Yemen 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 22:14 pm CET
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Manufacturing Heresy: How the Mildest Muslim Liberalism is Turned into a Capital Punishment Offense

Nageeb Kashgari is a young man in a lot of trouble… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Political Correctness • Religion • Salafism • Saudi Arabia • Sharia Law • Wahhabism 
Posted on Thu, January 26, 2012 at 15:46 pm CET
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Saudi Air Force to Outnumber, Outclass and Outgun Israel’s Advanced US Jet Fleet

With its latest acquisitions from Washington and Europe, the Saudi Air Force will have more fighter-bombers of more advanced models that the Israeli Air Force… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Israel • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, January 11, 2012 at 20:23 pm CET
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Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated in Tehran

Prof. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, deputy director of the first uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, was killed early Wednesday… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, December 14, 2011 at 20:03 pm CET
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Iranian speculations on Egypt’s Islamists: Shi’ite-style revolutionaries or Turkish-style democrats?

There have been various speculations in Iranian press on the significance of the Islamists’ victory and the nature of the Islamist faction in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamism • Maghreb • Salafism • Saudi Arabia • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 18:13 pm CET
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Overviewing Shi’a-Sunni Conflicts

As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Bahrain • Culture • Iraq • Lebanon • Religion • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • Yemen 
Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 16:59 pm CET
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Iranian terrorist cell exposed in Bahrain

A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain, which according to the Bahraini and… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Counter-terrorism • GCC • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Sun, November 27, 2011 at 21:18 pm CET
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The Coming Oil-Shale Revolution?

To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between… Continue reading

Topics: Energy • Iraq • Islamism • OPEC • Saudi Arabia • United States of America • Wahhabism 
Posted on Mon, November 21, 2011 at 18:18 pm CET
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Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with Abbas discussing Syria and Israel-Palestinian issue in a rare West Bank visit

Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrived in Ramallah at very short notice for his first visit in more than a decade… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Jordan • Palestinian Authority • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, October 27, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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Qatar’s Sunni Side

How could Qatar’s foreign policy best be defined during the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Libya War • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Sunni Islam • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, October 19, 2011 at 22:47 pm CEST
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Assessing Bahrain

Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • GCC • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, October 12, 2011 at 23:43 pm CEST
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Is Exposure of a Direct Iranian Plot to Launch Terror Attacks in Washington DC A Turning Point?

ABC News has broken a story about the disruption of a major Iran-backed terrorist plot to stage an attack on U.S. soil… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 23:44 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, June 22, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Look Who Wants to lead the Middle East!

In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • GCC • Iran • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Neo-Ottomanism • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • The Middle East • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy