Pakistan, Islam and Democracy
Pakistan, a country 97 percent Muslim, has just made its first successful transition from one elected, civilian government to another since its ...
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Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Iraq, NATO...
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Unpacking the idea of “Islamophobia”
The term “Islamophobia” is everywhere, but its meanings work at cross purposes - to liberals, it refers to discrimination and hate crimes that can be ...
LYONS: Dereliction of duty
President Obama's policy of "change" for America was never defined, but it was implemented in a very sophisticated manner.
Two Cheers for ‘Isolationism’
A policy has to be judged by its results, and by that standard interventionism is a complete and total failure, as a look at the day’s headlines ...
With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business
By Amie Ferris-Rotman HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private ...
Book review: ‘Beyond War’ by David Rohde
In “Beyond War,” David Rohde sets out to find a new path for the United States in the Middle East after a decade of war and much longer support for ...
European Union Directly Funds Al Qaeda Looting of Syrian oil
According to a report yesterday in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, the European Union (EU) is directly funding US-backed Sunni Islamist terrorist ...
Tunisian police clash with Salafists over banning of annual congress
Security forces and hardline Islamists fought in Tunis, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after authorities banned Salafists from ...
He set out to disprove a faith, woo a girl — now he loves both
When they met at a 2007 Washington camp for scholarship winners, Bashair Alazadi was 16 and wore the traditional headscarf of all Muslim women.