Added on 28/07/2012
Juan Cole
Africa , Algeria , Brunei , Football , Indonesia , judo , London , Olympics , Qatar , Ramadan , Religious law , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Soccer , Sport , Summer Olympics , Women
JUAN COLE: These are the first Olympic Games where women from every country in the world are participating. There is a bigger question for Saudis.
Added on 19/03/2012
American Bedu
Arabian Peninsula , Christianity , Egypt , Islam , Middle East , Religious law , Saudi Arabia

AMERICAN BEDU: The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has made a startling call. What will King Abdullah do?
Added on 08/11/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Abdul Wahhab , Baghdad , Islam , Islamic Development Bank , Religious law , Samar Fatany , Saudi Arabia

CROSSROADS ARABIA: When the door of “ijtihad” was closed, the consensus was there would be no more independent reasoning in religious law
Added on 10/10/2011
Jonathan Cook
Al Akhbar , Ali Khamenei , Avigdor Lieberman , Barack Obama , Benjamin Netanyahu , Camp David , Egypt , Ehud Olmert , European Union , George Bush , Israel , Israeli parliament , Jerusalem , Jordan , Madrid , Mahmoud Abbas , Oslo , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Religious law , Reuters , Russia , Security Council , Spain , The Jerusalem Post , The New York Times , United Nations , United States , US administration , Washington , West Bank , White House

JONATHAN COOK: The demand has risen to the top of the Israeli agenda and if accepted will condemn Palestinians as ‘historic interlopers and trespassers’.
Added on 12/06/2011
David Roberts
Chechnya , Kuwait , Middle East , Political activist , Religious law , Salwa Al Mutairi , Women , Women's issues

DAVID ROBERTS: ‘Concubines’ are the solution to protecting Kuwaiti men from “..adultery and corruption,” according to a female Kuwaiti political activist. Great idea, eh?