Secularism in the Arab society

One of the big questions that Arab scholars are still trying to answer ;whether there is an intersection between Islam and secularism or not? Actually, this topic is very much related to the issue of modernizing the society. Islamic scholar Rafeek Habib had a piece examining the possibility of secularizing the Arab societies.
The article mainly [...]

Terrorism vs. Resistance

Nathan Field has an outstanding analysisin Abu Dhabi National on the distinction between terrorism and resistance in the Arab society. 3 critical ideas that article underscores: first, that the Arab media makes a sharp distinction between terrorism and resistance, the thing that directly influenced the stance Al Qaeda and Hezbollah hold in the Arab world. [...]

Convoy to Gaza cancelled

Central Cairo was a barrack yesterday to stop a popular campaign that hoped to break the siege on Gaza, security forces cordoned off areas surrounding the Press syndicate. Police officers searched the people in the middle of the streets and banned the access of whoever found participant in the convoy, and for the first time [...]

Fatah assault on Hamas soon

There are strong indications that what we are watching concerning reconciliations and talks between Fatah and Hamas refer to something else other than agreement. Egyptian newspapers are filled with news about meetings that discuss reconciliation between the two factions. However, in the same time, news coming from Israel refer to something that is completely different. [...]

Afghans seek Peace with Taliban

Apparently Afghani president Karzai realized that after 7years since the “war on terror” was officially launched, the coalition forces do not seem close to achieving its long-term objectives in Afghanistan. Con Coughlin has a good piece in the daily telegraph stating that the Afghani suggestion to seek Saudi mediation is the best solution to the [...]

Muslim brotherhood and blogging

One of the remarkable phenomenon that recently attributed the Muslim brotherhood was blogging. The main question here: how do we understand this phenomenon? does it represent objection inside the group, or a new trend of individuality? can we consider it expression of openness between the members of the group and organization? and how did the organization [...]

Bahraini Parliament spurns FM proposal

Members of the Bahraini Parliament are calling for interrogatingForeign minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa for his unreasonable proposalto for a regional group that includes rivals Israel and Iran. FM added that the organization could go under way even if not all members recognize each other. Head of the Foreign affairs committee in the Bahraini [...]