The current conflict in Iraq is affecting all ethnic and sectarian groups, regardless of their political affiliations.Baghdadi’s misconstrued caliphate project By: Donatella Rovera Thousands of Iraqi civilians displaced by the current conflict are stranded at checkpoints separating the areas controlled

By: Mohamed Ghilan The notion of Muslim political unity is well-established in Islam, but is it what the Islamic State stands for? The group too extreme even for al-Qaeda continues to make headlines. But this time, it is not the

By: Adel Murad Carmakers are faced with dilemmas of having to find immediate solutions to technical problems on a massive scale when they announce recalls for faulty functions. But even when companies want to offer temporary solutions, they are prohibited

By: Gwynne Dyer Listen to your caliph and obey him. Support your state, which grows every day, said Abu Mohamed Al-Adnani, announcing the rebirth of the Caliphate in the broad territory between Aleppo in northern Syria and Diyala province in

By: Jamal Doumani Here is a good piece of advice to Palestinians in the West Bank: If you’re planning to launch another intifada against Israeli occupation similar to the one you launched in 2000, don’t. To be sure, after close

By: Rasheed Abou-Alsamh The recent announcement that a government high commission has completed the creation of new regulations that would restrict most retailers in the Kingdom to the opening hours of 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. has unsurprisingly caused much

By: Bikram Vohra There is no such thing as fail-safe security at airports. Despite the best of efforts and the use of technology an assault on an airport or an aircraft is very easy. We have just seen what occurred

By: Abdullah Sayel SR 160 billion worth market is sold to non-Saudis. The retail business is run and owned by expats who are in most cases not qualified to run. The last campaign by the Ministry of Labor exposed that

By : Eyad Abu Shakra The declaration by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in Iraq should not go unremarked. Such a development should not be considered in terms of the

By: Abdullah Hamidaddin This is not an objective article. Nor does the occasion call for being objective. A few weeks ago I wrote a “Letter to An Israeli Citizen;” it was a personal narrative about my own biases and misunderstandings

By: Jaswant Singh Iraq seems to be falling apart, with the rapid advance of the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threatening to lead to the country’s division into Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish entities. Moreover, the tumult

By: Harun Yahya Turkish people are all set to directly vote for a president for the first time ever. The public will be asked who should head the republic. Preparations for the presidential elections in one month’s time are therefore

By: Shahid Javed Burki Last month, after years of indecision, Pakistan’s military launched a military operation in North Waziristan aimed at eliminating terrorist bases and ending the region’s lawlessness. In particular, the army wants to clear out foreign fighters. But,

By: Mritunjay Kumar In the present context, the question uppermost in the mind is whether US President Barack Obama had factored in the possibility of things going wrong when he decided to order the troops back home. Did such a

By: Elsa Franco Al Ghaslan I often wonder about the “blindness” that seems to afflict mankind. It is not a physical kind of ailment. It is a spiritual disease that prevents us human beings from enjoying life. How? By blocking

By: Syed Aijaz Zaka They say books are our best friends. Having lived and grown up with them all these years, I can vouch for the fact. If not our best friends, they come nearly as close to being what

By: Jamal Doumani Is Iraq headed for national fracture? Will it, after the current vacuum created by its sectarian divide is filled, find a way around its social contradictions? Will it, in other words, stumble upon a kind of deux