Executions in Iran have increased since President Hassan Rouhani took over in 2013. Most executed were members of ethnic and religious minorities who have been convicted on charges of “anti-God” or “spreading corruption on earth.” They included politicians, Kurds and Sunni Muslims. Read more...
Why does Daesh recruit women?
Regardless of how chauvinistic a totalitarian theocracy can be toward women, they cannot live without them because of women’s obvious role in reproduction and the domestic support. Read more...
We should see refugees as permanent residents
With an urgent, comprehensive and realistic plan, Syrians should be swiftly integrated into Turkish society. Read more...
The rights and wrongs of the Saudi-Iran rift
The new (Post-Revolution) Iran was not a threat because of its sectarianism; on the contrary, the non-sectarian message of the revolutionaries was considered a threat. Read more...
(Mis)understanding the sociology of ISIL
What explains ISIL’s attacks in Turkey resulting in over 100 deaths in a span of three months? Read more...
The Islamic Wars of Religion
Has everybody in the Middle East taken leave of their senses? Read more...
The dawn of a new Iran
None of its regional adversaries are a match for the Iranian version of soft and smart power. Read more...
Multiculturalism: An idea gone sour
Multiculturalism has become the new white man's burden. Read more...
Once upon a Saudi King
A peek into what Saudi Arabia might have been if King Faisal was still alive. Read more...
Chattering classes still not getting it
Regime change begins with controlling the skies, creating a no-fly zone, which is what was done with Qaddafi…which was earlier done with Saddam Hussein. Read more...
Israel's PR gaffes expose its racist atmosphere
Israel is increasingly isolated and adrift, cast away on a wave of its own delusion. Read more...
The Age of TV Jokers: Arab Media on the Brink
The polarization of Arab media has reached extreme points. There is little room for opposing views and regimes are fighting an epic battle for survival by using every possible tactic to win, even if by deception, intimidation, or blatant lies. Read more...
Persian Empire, anyone?
To disregard the real imperial power operating in the region, and turn a blind eye to the aggressive counter-revolutionary mobilisation and speak of "Persian Empire" at a time when all post-colonial boundaries have collapsed, is a silly red herring. Read more...
It is the Internet, and not ISIS, that is radicalising
Chatrooms are not a new technical version of "Letters to the Editor" but a dangerous forum for people to let loose their most-disturbing characteristics. Read more...
'Lines Drawn on an Empty Map': Iraq’s Borders and the Legend of the Artificial State
No modern nation-state has been called “artificial” more times than Iraq. Read more...
On the wrong side of history
The conflict tearing the Islamic centre apart is not between Sunni and Shia. It is primarily – call it the first stage – a struggle for domination within Sunni Islam. Read more...
Hope for the best, pre-empt the worst in Middle East
ISIL is benefiting from the break-up of fragile states, the breakdown of their bankrupt regimes, and the implosion of their societies. Read more...
The Pentagon plan to ‘divide and rule’ the Muslim world
Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East. Read more...
Yemen’s high stakes
Egypt is not jumping into the fray with its eyes closed. Al-Sisi said that Cairo was exploring all diplomatic venues for a solution in Yemen, according to Egyptian media. Read more...
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