15 years of jail for female circumcision in Egypt
Egypt has stepped up the penalty for female genital mutilation, raising the minimum prison sentence from three months to five years. The maximum penalty is…
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What do we see behind the conflicts in the Arab world?
The short answer to the question in the title is: where does one start? If things in the Middle East and North Africa were not…
For what do religious extremists attack art?
Militants from the Islamic State group have destroyed ancient sites and museum pieces in Syria and Iraq in the last two years but that is…
Lebanese President: Defeat of Assad will create second Libya
Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said that the defeat of Syrian President Bashar Assad would turn neighboring Syria into a “second Libya.” In an interview with…
Alexander Goldenstein: Trump’s Israel headquarters spoiled the Democrats’ game
More than a week has passed since the elections in the US – perhaps the most scandalous elections in the history of any democracy in…
The war between the gay British MP and the anti-gay Muslim brotherhood
Crispin Blunt, the gay Tory parliamentarian, has emerged as one of the most vocal British defenders of the Muslim Brotherhood. The chairman of the Foreign…
USA is on the warpath in Syria against Russia & Iran Assad says
Despite claiming humanitarian motives, US actions in Syria are meant to undermine the power of Russia and Iran, with Washington trying to achieve this goal…
Mosul as part of Islamic State: hardship, terror and swift “justice”
Whenever members of Islamic State’s Mosul vice squad find a woman without gloves, they pull out a pair of pliers. What follows is just one…
Two Muslim families responsible for Christianity’s holiest shrine. Why?
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City is Christianity’s most hallowed shrine. It’s believed that the rock-cut tomb at the heart of…
The history of Mosul
In 1165, Benjamin of Tudela, a medieval Spanish Jewish traveler, approached the city of Mosul on the banks of the Tigris. A visitor, even a thousand…