2010 News

"The jihadists generally describe themselves as selfless people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of good and to stop injustice against Muslims," he told us. "'Four Lions' discredits and tears down the image that the jihadist try to paint for themselves, it eliminates the intrigue and mystique associated with the jihadist and instead shows them as a bunch of confused and uncertain idiots."

One such model could be that of the European Union. It could satisfy the aspirations of both sides for separate national sovereignty and unique cultural identity in two separate nation states, while creating a common superstructure to promote shared interests and exploit joint resources in all the territory of the holy land they share.

"If the enemy inclines towards peace, do thou incline towards peace also, and trust in God" (Quran ch. 8:61), and the Bible proclaims, "Blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Mathew ch. 5:9), in the Psalms of David God commands him to, "Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace and pursue it" (Psalms ch. 34:14).

The crackdown, which began in 2008 but has gathered steam this summer, is an effort to reassert Syria’s traditional secularism in the face of rising threats from radical groups

As the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks nears and as the nation is driven by a bitter debate about an Islamic center, two questions remain unanswered: who and what is a "moderate Muslim"

Stories of Muslims who have shown compassion towards Jews during the Holocaust should be more widely known but for some reason remain hidden. A recent booklet titled “The Role of the Righteous Muslim...,” documents stories of Muslims who sheltered Jews in their homes, their farms and their workplaces during the Holocaust

A fundraising campaign is currently underway in the United States to finance the purchase of an American ship in an effort to break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in the early autumn. The ship is to be named after U.S. President Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope."

While the U.S. has come to take its unchallenged military primacy in the Middle East for granted, key Asian countries have also increased their Middle East presence.

Today, Turkey is a fast-rising economic power, with a core of internationally competitive companies turning the youthful nation into an entrepreneurial hub, tapping cash-rich export markets in Russia and the Middle East while attracting billions of investment dollars in return

Believing that Christian help for Jewish winemakers here in the occupied West Bank foretells Christ's second coming

America's ties to Israel are not based primarily on U.S. strategic interests. At the best of times, an Israeli government that pursues the path to peace provides some intelligence, some minor advances in military technology, and a potential source of stabilizing military power that could help Arab states like Jordan.

Vietnam asked President of Israel to cancel his visit due to anti-Israel sentiments in Vietnam, and the South Korean government has sent Jerusalem hints of crisis

Instead of insisting on continuing a failed policy , Netanyahu should pull himself together and minimize the damage of Israel's flotilla raid.

What would happen if Israel offers the Palestinian population Israeli citizenship? If the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria are given the right to vote in Israeli elections, like the Palestinians currently living in Israel, Israel would not cease to be a democracy. Nor would it cease to exist.

Israel partly opened a major highway to Palestinian traffic, the latest twist in a road that has become a symbol of Segregation.

The Turkish Parliament issued a resolution calling on the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "reconsider all political, military and economic relations with Israel,"

Rima Fakih, took home the crown, becoming the first Arab-American Muslim to be named Miss USA.

Israel was voted into the ranks of the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation as a full-fledged member marking its status as a developed economy.

Nearly one in five Israeli men between the ages of 35 and 54 do not work. As their numbers rise, so does the economic peril.

This report provides an overview of Jordanian politics and current issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. It provides a brief discussion of Jordan's government and economy and of its cooperation in promoting Arab-Israeli peace and other U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East.

For several weeks now, the ban has been a hot topic of newspaper columns and television talk shows, with both ultraconservative and moderate sheikhs weighing in on an issue that is increasingly on the front burner as Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy.

Scope of new rule widening definition of residents permitted in occupied territory draws complaints: 'It's so vague that it could apply to tens of thousands of people'

can the U.S. raise the pressure on Israel without cutting aid?

Hamas's prime minister in Gaza, on Friday asked the international community to intervene to prevent an escalation of hostilities

In the old souk of Damascus, shops have sprung up to sell sexy lingerie, catering mostly to men and tourists from elsewhere in the Middle East

Owing to an unfortunate matter of translation, Pakistani diplomat Akbar Zeb will not become the next Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

On the occasion of the Feast of the Annunciation, Lebanon's government launches a joint Christian-Muslim celebration in honor of Mary who is venerated in both communities.

Israel needs a wake-up call. Continuing to build settlements in the West Bank, and even housing in disputed East Jerusalem, is sheer madness.

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times spent last week arguing that Biden under-reacted to Israel's announcement about the new housing units in East Jerusalem, comparing Israel's policies to drunken driving. Richard Cohen of the Washington Post is writing a book arguing that the founding of Israel was a well-intentioned mistake.

On February 8, 2010, Qatari liberal published an article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Jarida in which he drew public attention to the issue of incitement against secularists and liberals in the Arab world, a matter which he says has reached the proportions of a jihad war against them.

"[Today] Saudi Arabia is continuing the phase of independent policy, and wants others [to follow its lead].

Arab foreign ministers, approved the renewal of indirect Palestinian-Israeli negotiations for a period of four months only

why should anyone be surprised by this sort of "in-your-face" reception? The Netanyahu government has been stonewalling Obama ever since the Cairo speech

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday got the royal treatment, literally, when King Abdullah invited her and her entourage to visit him at his winter retreat.

Before Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stepped on stage here Tuesday before a gathering of Israeli intellectuals and policymakers, he had already been likened to Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion, vilified as the leader of a movement bent on undermining the peace process and dismissed as a technocrat without popular support.

It might be one of the world's poorest areas, besieged by its neighbour Israel, but Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have been donating what little they have to help those struck by the earthquake in Haiti.

Israel's Palestinian settlements are now too extensive to make division of the land practical. Instead, it must be shared.

The biggest threat to the ruling ayatollahs and generals in multi-ethnic Iran comes from increasingly aggressive separatist groups in Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri and Arab ethnic minority regions that collectively make up some 44 percent of Persian-dominated Iran's population.

Dubai is the global capital of the future.

Damascus has to weigh the political and economic repercussions of a free trade agreement with the European Union to avoid future misunderstandings

I read about the western social contract when it occurred to me that Islam has also articulated and outlined a social contract for the Muslims.