How did a Gulf backwater become a global powerbroker? Saudi Arabia: A Modern History by David Commins explores the uneasy ...

The constant engagement with terror-supporting Qatar has become a blot on Trump’s legacy.

Intelligence sources confirm that madrassas act as recruitment hubs, with many unregulated Salafi institutions offering free ...

Somewhere between the ruins of Homs and the olive groves of Quneitra, the sand no longer remembers the footsteps of ...

Social repression and economic woes have significantly reduced the support that Iran’s regime once enjoyed, says political ...

The recent death of beloved French rapper Werenoi has created a dilemma for some of his fans: should they stop listening to his music, out of respect for his Muslim faith?

Shariati died before the revolution could be betrayed but his influence would continue to define the ideas of the more radical leaders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard like the Fatah-trained ...

But if the USA through its failed intervention in Iraq is the father of ISIL, Saudi Arabia must be the mother. ISIL is not about some type of medieval barbarism. It is deeply Islamic and closely ...

Fundamentalist Islamic movements like Salafism and Wahhabism strictly prohibit music while other traditions, like Sufism, are more lenient. There have been similar controversies in the past.