The Free Syrian Army Bleeds the Assad Regime
The growing Free Syrian Army, the armed wing of the popular rebellion, is playing an…
Monthly Archives: January, 2012
Diplomacy to Remove Assad Gains Momentum
President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening had much to say about the…
Al-Azhar in defense of democracy and religious freedom
The Sunni University, a guide for the World Islamic world, offers some guidelines for the…
Is Tantawi reading the public’s pulse correctly?
This is the revised version of an article that was scheduled to appear in the…
Egypt’s Islamists Take Over an Uncertain Parliament
On January 23, Egypt’s first post-Mubarak legislature will be seated. The lower house of parliament,…
No Obama Letter to Iran?
On January 18, conservative Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari announced and Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin…
Handed over by the CIA: Abu Musab Al-Suri released from Aleppo prison
MeTransparent Exclusive Syrian authorities, recently, released Mustapha Setmariam Nasar al-Suri, a native Syrian with a…
Al-Azhar sheik proposes bill of rights, aiming to balance out Islamists in Egypt constitution
By Associated Press CAIRO — The head of Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent institute of Islamic learning…
Do discard the ‘resistance axis’ hoax
This past week several British parliamentarians were in Beirut to learn more about the situation…
Should We Bring Back the Caliphate?
The feeling of euphoria on winning parliamentary elections in several countries in the Arab world…
The Real Iranian Threat in the Gulf
Iran’s bellicose rhetoric and Gulf wargames in recent days have given rise to the question…
What do Arabs Want?
CAIRO – The self-immolation a year ago of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi triggered a…
An ideology has taken on life of its own in these uprisings
‘A spectre is haunting Europe,” wrote Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifesto,…