Wahhabism

Are They Really Religious?

Alaa Al Aswany | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Egyptian Election, Egypt Protests, Religion and Politics, Religion, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Islam, Wahhabism, World News
Alaa Al Aswany

True religion requires us to defend human values: truth, justice and freedom. This is the essence of religion and it is much more important than growing beards or giving the call to prayer in the Parliament chamber.

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Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Islam, Prophet's Mosque, Medina, Mecca Royal Clock Tower, Saudi Arabia, Hajj, Eid Al-Adha, Mecca, Islamic Heritage Research Foundation, Islamic Architectual Legacy, Kurban Bairam, Wahhabism, Dr. Irfan Al-Alawi, Muslim Rituals, Cultural Vandalism, Grand Mosque, Muslim Pilgrimage, Restrictive Hajj, Kaabah, Religion News
Stephen Schwartz

Millions of Muslims are satisfied to celebrate at home, while waiting for Mecca, Medina and Hajj to be freed from the grip of the Wahhabis and to regain their past splendor -- a spiritual, not commercial, illumination.

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The Sufi Foundation Of Libya's Revolution

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Libyan King Idris, Sufism, Libya, Islamic Fundamentalism, Wahhabism, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libyan Resistance Flag, Bernard Lewis, Islam, Muammar Gaddafi, Al Qaeda, Libya Revolution, Sufis in Libya, Religion News
Stephen Schwartz

The Libyan historical and spiritual heritage dominating the anti-Gaddafi campaign has drawn on precedents that could not be more distant from the radicalism of al Qaeda.

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How to Bring Jihadist Fundamentalism to Its End

Amir Madani | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Syria, Libya, Bin Laden, Wahhabism, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, World News
Amir Madani

Bin Laden's demise is a serious blow to al-Qaeda but not the end of al-Qaeda, because its ideology endures.

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Bin Laden and Pakistan: Will There Be a Thorough Reckoning?

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Jihadism, Mawdudism, Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia, Deobandism, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Religion News
Stephen Schwartz

The execution of Osama bin Laden in a raid on the Pakistani town of Abbottabad calls forth a wide range of reflections. For me, some of these thoughts are personal, and embody experiences in my own life.

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Why Islamism Can't Be Compared to Communism

Paul Scham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Muslim Brotherhood, Israel-Palestine, Hamas, Cold War, Wahhabism, Islamists, Al Qaeda, World News
Paul Scham

Misleading historical analogies between Islamism and Communism cloud American perceptions and encourage us -- dangerously -- to mistake parts for the whole.

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Change in Egypt Will Change the Region

Muqtedar Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Arab World, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Arab, Arab League, Zionism, Wahhabism, Israel, Anwar Sadat, Religion News
Muqtedar Khan

Egypt's enduring authoritarian regime is the biggest hurdle to democracy and freedom in the region. If the Mubarak regime falls, other dictatorships will also fall.

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Afghanistan, the Saudi Arabia of lithium?

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Counter Insurgency (COIN), Pakistani Madrassas, ?€˜Saudi Arabia of Lithium, U.S. Geological Survey Data, General Mcchrystal, Deobandi Islam, Wahhabism, ?€™? Prince Bandar, World News
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

It seems that Afghanistan is a never ending font of surprises. For decades U.S. officials took the position that Afghanistan held nothing of value for...

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Breast-Feed Adult Men, Saudi Clerics Tell Women

AOL News | Dana Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mixing of the Sexes, Religion, Women, Islam, Abi Ishaq Al Huwami, Fatwa, Sheikh, Saudi Arabia, Breast Feeding, Al Obeikan, Men, Wahhabi, Wahhabism, Breast Fed, World News

Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixi...

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