Fadi Hakura
Fadi Hakura is a Turkey expert and associate fellow at Chatham House, the UK's leading foreign policy thinktank. He regularly comments for the international media on all aspects o…
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Kenta Kasai
Kenta Kasai is a Research Fellow of the Center for Information on Religion, in Tokyo. He is an expert on contemporary religious issues in Japan, and the interaction between religi…
Six dead in Chechnya parliament attack
GROZNY, CHECHNYA - Six people are dead and at least ten injured after Islamist militants attacked the parliament of Chechnya, Russia's North Caucasus region.
Rashied Omar
Dr. Rashied Omar is Research Scholar of Islamic Studies & Peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute. His research and teaching focuses on the roots of religious violence and the potenti…
Liu Xiaobo's Nobel: Between Idealism and Realism
The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 is becoming a unique occasion for East-West discussions on understanding and misconceptions about freedom in the most populous country. Officially the p…
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: Between Idealism and Realism
The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 is becoming a unique occasion for East-West discussions on understanding and misconceptions about freedom in the most populous country. Officially the p…
Europe on Alert
The last three weeks saw a string of events and warnings that suggested Europe was under a renewed threat from global jihadist terrorism. Some reports even indicated Al-Qaeda was…
Showing Geert Wilders some Muslim Hospitality
As an independent Muslim woman who doesn't appreciate being told what to do, say, wear, read or write, I have a special place in my heart filled with disgust for those who embrace…
Tensions in Lebanon on Ahmadinejad visit
BEIRUT, LEBANON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Beirut on a controversial state visit to Lebanon.
Peacebuilding by Muslims
Amid the controversy over the Islamic cultural center in NYC and Pastor Terry Jones' threats of burning the Quran in Florida, a recent Pew Research Center poll revealed that 42 pe…
Israeli settlers attack West Bank mosque
BEIT FAJJAR, PALESTINE - Tensions are high in the Occupied Territories after Israeli settlers destroyed a mosque on the West Bank.
Will Indonesia Become a Regional Economic Powerhouse?
Indonesia continues to enjoy robust growth after successfully averting the global recession these past two years. But whether South East Asia's lone representative in the G20 can…