There’ll Never Be a ‘Right’ President for Palestine
NADIA HIJAB, TABSIR: Palestinians have finally realised that they themselves will determine their own fate not some idealised notion of a U.S President.
Kansas Spooked By Sharia: ‘The Ayatollahs Are Comin”
LUKE R.E. PUBLICAN, TABSIR: Kansas legislators have opted for a ‘belt and braces’ approach to deal with any possibility of Sharia creeping into the State.
Forget the Debates: Let’s Just Play ‘Survivor’
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The format is stale, it’s all so controlled and choreographed that very little of substance will be revealed. So why bother?
Turbanned, Bearded and Angry: Western Media on Islam
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The Newsweek cover this week is lazy and sensationalist. Not a lot has changed since Edward Said wrote a famous essay 30 years ago.
Yemen’s Salih: The Elephant’s Still In the Room
DANIEL M. VARISCO: He was eventually deposed but disgraced leader Ali Abdullah Salih shows no inclination to leave Yemen.
‘Occupy Mecca’: Time is Running Out To Save City
OMID SAFI, TABSIR: It’s not the Americans or Israelis who are wreaking destruction on Mecca a radical solution is required.
Ramadan Epic Tale Rekindles Familiar Ire
DANIEL M. VARISCO: In its depiction of the life of the second caliph a television epic has touched a nerve while attracting huge viewing numbers
Yemen’s Imams Miss The Point: Training Needed?
MOHAMMED AL SAMEI, TABSIR: They don’t seem to notice the social and economic issues that are the main concern of their congregations.
Extremist Groups ‘Rejected’ By Islamic Countries
DANIEL M. VARISCO: A recently released survey by the influential Pew Foundation has found that support among ordinary citizens for extremists is very low.
The Salacious Salafi: Was It Just A ‘Clerical Error?’
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Ali Wanis needn’t worry. If the example of U.S. Christian fundamentalists were to be replicated he may have a big career ahead.
When Will West Have Its ‘Road to Damascus’ Moment?
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The only narrative seems to be ‘we can’t get involved in Syria because we’ll create another Iran’. There are alternative scenarios
Catastrophe: The Untold Story of The Sahel
DANIEL M. VARISCO: It’s a crisis that seems to have evaded the world’s attention but the human disaster that Sahel is facing is vast
‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’: But Where Are They?
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Wherever you look around the Middle East there is conflict, death and horror. Where is our Ghandi?
Harun Yahya: Abusing Islam To Spread Creationism
DANIEL M. VARISCO: The science of Charles Darwin is now coming under attack from charlatans who are interpreting Islam incorrectly
One Middle East Certainty: The Blood Keeps Flowing
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Whether it’s Syria or Yemen the bloodshed just seems to go on. It’s always been so.
The Salafist Question: Who Exactly Are They?
HAROON MOGHUL, TABSIR: With their recent electoral success in Egypt there’s a lot being written about Salafists not all of it illuminating.
Sinan Antoon: ‘The Barbarian Who’s Keeping It Real’
TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein
The ‘New Politics of Sex.’ Really? Looks Like ‘The Old’
DANIEL M. VARISCO: It’s dogmatic rhetoric and a willingness to conform to imposed tyranny that are the real enemies.
My Struggle: A Child’s Death ‘A Great Test of Faith’
OMID SAFI, TABSIR: There are no greater tests to the faithful than the death of a child. ‘Why?’ is more than a question, it’s a challenge
War & Conflict:The Bell That Never Stops Tolling
DANIEL M. VARISCO: What is it about us a species that we seem to be in a state of perpetual conflict?
