Wahabi Salafism

Is Atheism The Solution To Religious Persecution In Egypt?

Alexander Goerlach | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Islam, Arab Spring, Middle East, Egypt, Coptic Christians, Wahabi-Salafism, Radical Islam, Religious Persecution, Pope Benedict XVI, Egypt Protests, Christians in Egypt, Religious Persecution in Egypt, Religious Tolerance, Atheism, Religion News
Alexander Goerlach

In Europe, Christianity was able to adapt its complex theology and philosophy to modernity before sliding into oblivion. Today, moderate Islamic scholars and Muslim liberals are confronted with the same task.

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Protests Return to Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Arabs, Arab Spring, Twitter, Saudi Arabia, Protest, Wahabi-Salafism, Iran, Shiites, Video, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

In Al-Qatif, a large and predominantly Shiite city on the coast of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, renewed clashes between police and protesters erupted on Sunday, injuring both local policemen and activists.

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Seeking A Commander-In-Chief For True Islam

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Muslim Brotherhood, Caliphate, Ahmadiyya, Al Qaeda, Maudoodi, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Wahabi Salafism, Peaceful Islam, Ahmadiyya Sect, Peace in Islam, Moderate Muslims, Islam, Religion News
Dr. Faheem Younus

Where is the inspirational leader of peaceful Islam? Someone who can reciprocate to the President's call with "Islam is, and will never be, at war with the United States"?

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To Really Address The Roots Of Muslim Radicalization, First Make Sure You Understand It

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jihadism, Jihad, Islamic Radicalism, David Cameron, Terrorism, Extremism, Wahabi-Salafism, Religion News
Azeem Ibrahim

Last Saturday, the British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech about how the government viewed the future of multiculturalism and Muslim commun...

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Bitter Medicine: Islamist Extremism at the Bedside

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Medical Graduates, World-Policy-Institute, Islam, Madrassah, Center-for-Islamic-Pluralism, The Lancet, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Wahabi-Salafism, Islamic Extremists, Obama, The Royal London Hospital, Medical Education, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, Harvard, US-Muslim Engagement, Saudi Arabia, Global-Health-Diplomacy, David Andelman, Medicine, World Policy Journal, Hand Hygiene, World News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

While we soothe ourselves chasing elusive phantoms in the hurt-lockers of the Hindu Kush, battle lines are being redrawn in the Detol-scented hospital corridors of privileged Western Europe.

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Shrine Bombings Remind Us: Muslims are the Victims of Terrorism

Yursil Kidwai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abdul Wahab, Taliban, Karachi, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Wahabi-Salafism, Suicide Bombers, World News
Yursil Kidwai

Islamophobes have forgotten these historical facts and blame Muslims for an ideology which Muslims fought back against, and defeated. This is not fair, at best.

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Wither the Clash of Civilizations?...Not Just Yet

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Islam, Uae, Abu Dhabi, Friday Prayer, United Arab Emirates, Wahabi-Salafism, World News
Derek Henry Flood

I visited a mosque in Abu Dhabi, the oil soaked capital of the United Arab Emirates today with a friend of mine who lives and works here. I'm in the U...

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Dr. Tiller, Murder, Domestic Terrorism and the Republican Right

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Religious Right, Assasination, Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Far Right, Dobson, Wahabi-Salafism, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The leaderless Republican Party -- or should I say the dwindling rabble of know-nothing reactionaries who still identify themselves as Republicans -- is not just politically leaderless, they are also morally leaderless.

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US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Thoughts for Change

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and B. Wayne Quist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wahabi Salafism, Hizballah, Middle East Oil, Saudi Arabia Oil, Saudi Arabia, Middle East Politics, Oil, US Foreign Policy, Middle East, Plo, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, American Center for Democracy, North Korea, World News
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and B. Wayne Quist

The Saudis are increasingly turning to Russia and China as their new oil and gas partners, dumping longstanding relationships with once-favored American oil companies.

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