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 [...]

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 [...]

Regaining the Russian Patron

The sudden Russian rise in the international arena aroused a question: Would Russia revitalize its role in the Middle East as the Arabs’ patron? No doubt that the Arab media had special interest to the Russian role since Russia attacked Georgia, lots believed that its an opportunity that would offer the Arabs a margin for [...]

Bombings in Islamabad

The recent bombings that took place in Pakistan raised several questions related to the Pakistani-US cooperation, and to what direction it is heading now? Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, author of “Descent into Chaos” and correspondent for the Daily Telegraph has an excellent article analyzing the reasons behind the failure thats facing the US in [...]

Shiite invasion to Sunni societies

Questionable statements by Prominent Islamic scholar Shiekh Al-Qaradawi warning from the “Shiite invasion” to the Sunni societies, his statements aroused a big controversy in the Sunni societies where some approved with his point and some rejected it. The Iranians severely attacked Al-Qaradawi for his statements and described his language as being “characterized by hypocrisy, quackery, and sectarianism”. [...]