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UAE and Israeli settlers find common ground in Jerusalem
Weakened by Joe Biden’s electoral defeat of US President Donald J. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu risks being caught between a rock and...
Death of the Living Goddess: How Menstrual Stigma Ends Divinity in Nepal
In 2018, iconic Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman paid a visit to Nepal for his National Geographic documentary series ‘The Story of God,’ which featured...
From Islamism to Transcendentalism
Thomas Carlyle’s political philosophy can be applied to inform Islamism and the construction of a post-Islamist political doctrine. This is because Carlyle’s conception of...
Israel and its Arab citizens
A topic rarely dealt with in the press is the situation between Jewish and Arab (Christian and Muslim) Israeli citizens. On April 26, 2020,...
Incompatible civilizational values as catalysts for conflict in the West
Why do trivial matters such as cartoons lead to disproportionately horrific violence? Why did the perpetrators of violence choose to do what they do...
Pakistani Hypocrisy on Combating Discrimination in Europe
As people are being hacked to death in France, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to lecture Europe about discrimination. In addition to incredible...
The Battle for the Soul of Islam
Jordanian ruler Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein gloated in 1924 when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the visionary who carved modern Turkey out of the ruins of...
US Secretary of State Pompeo set to boost Indonesian religious reform efforts
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to boost efforts by the world’s largest Muslim movement to recontextualize Islam during a forthcoming visit...
Religious conflicts around the globe and a solution
“When adherents of one faith take to the extreme and force their religious views on those of other faiths, religious conflicts emerge”
It is evident...
Changing attitudes towards religiosity: A double-edged sword for Arab rulers
Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his UAE counterpart, Mohammed bin...