Morocco Beefs Up Border Security
A Bin Laden sticker adorns the tank of a small motorcycle in Mopti, some 630 kms (400 miles) north of Mali’s capital Bamako. (AP)Casablanca, Asharq Al-Awsat—Morocco has increased the security level on...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Secular or Political Salafism?
Among the various ideological interpretations of Islamic religious texts, there has always been one reading that offers a vision similar to that of modern secularism. That reading corresponds with the...
View ArticleTunisian National Security Council meets following attack
Tunisian army stand guard near a demolished vehicle following a roadside bomb in the mountainous border region near Algeria where security forces have been hunting Al-Qaeda linked jihadists, on June 6,...
View ArticleOpinion: Can the ousted president return?
The Muslim Brotherhood is aware that Egypt’s Mohammad Mursi will not return to the presidency. But through their protests demanding his reinstatement, they want to confirm what they consider to be...
View ArticleIslamic State of Iraq and Syria targets Kurdish neighborhoods
Kurdish opposition fighters attend a ceremony on July 18, 2013, in the northern Syrian border village of Al-Qamishli. At least 29 people have been killed in fighting between Kurdish and jihadist...
View ArticleOpinion: Religion and politics are an explosive mixture
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT. Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh recently advised a group of preachers he met at the Ministry of Islamic … continue reading Opinion: Religion and politics are an...
View ArticleIgnorance, Extremism Fall Under Same Category
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT. I was never one of those who criticize the Grozny conference, and I never cared to comment on it because … continue reading Ignorance, Extremism Fall Under Same Category
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