leading figures in Iran’s film industry released a memorandum of opinion condemning the Islamic Guidance Ministry’s decision to close the House of Cinema, the main trade union for those employed in the local film industry… Continue reading
Iran’s 2012 Parliamentary Elections: first vetting stage ends; Khamenei calls for mass participation
Iran’s top regime officials are stepping up efforts to ensure the highest possible voter turnout in the March 2 elections. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for mass participation in the elections… Continue reading
Many in the West have so acted toward Egypt during the last year… Continue reading
In the course of the present unrest across the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
Western democracies have finally accepted censorship based on the clever lie that they are only protecting people from racism… Continue reading
A 27-year-old American-Israeli law school student decides he’s going to go to Egypt… Continue reading
It’s not every day that the leader of a brand-new country makes his maiden foreign voyage to Jerusalem… Continue reading
At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading
The year 2011 saw a “regression toward the mean” in Turkey’s relation with the United States… Continue reading
Turkey’s growing international profile has been controversial… Continue reading
The Washington Post has an article by Michael Gerson attacking Newt Gingrich’s warning that the imposition of Sharia law… Continue reading
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
A Huffington Post writer with no known expertise on the Middle East, has accused me of being not only an alarmist about revolutionary Islamism but also as a “neo-con… Continue reading
Do I have to draw you a picture of how Islamism is just pretending to be moderate… Continue reading
Recently a reader sent me a note from an Obama supporter responding to… Continue reading
As’ad AbuKahlil spoke last month at a day-long “teach-in” at the University of California… Continue reading
I think Obama genuinely believes what he’s saying… Continue reading
In a rare glimpse behind the curtain, a Palestinian scandal sheds a lot of light on the Palestinian Authority, Arab politics, and Western illusions… Continue reading
A French junior minister said in an interview published Saturday there was no such thing as moderate Islam… Continue reading
Since last February I have predicted that the Muslim Brotherhood would win elections in Egypt… Continue reading
Can a single moderate whether secularist or someone who wants to interpret Islam in a more liberal way feel safe… Continue reading
To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between… Continue reading
The Muslim Brotherhood held a rally at Cairo’s most important mosque… Continue reading
These politicians know precisely what they want to do… Continue reading
An actual analysis of what I wrote on this controversial issue, understanding my points, and pointing out the misquotes… Continue reading
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