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US President Barack Obama pauses while he talks about the Affordable Care Act in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on November 14, 2013. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)
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A mosque’s minaret is seen as smoke rises from an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Israel struck symbols of Hamas’ control of Gaza and the strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, escalating its military campaign against the Islamic militant group with the heaviest bombardment in the fighting so far. (AP Photo/Lefteris […]
Opinion: Islamic Self-Delusion
I was recently speaking with a well-known “moderate” Islamist figure about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and how this terrorist group has managed to defame the true image of Sunni Islam within just a few short months—more than Al-Qaeda and other violent...Caption:
Customers get to choose how much they pay for their meals in Beirut’s Motto restaurant.
Pay-what-you-want restaurant concept arrives in Beirut
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—New restaurant Motto, just off Mar Mikhael’s main street in Beirut, is the first in Lebanon to invite customers to draw up their own bills. The ‘pay-what-you-want’ concept was imported from restaurants around the world, where some eateries have...Caption:
Muslim women, who were displaced by deadly religious strife last year, stand in a queue to cast their votes for the general election at a polling station in Palra village in Muzaffarnagar district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 10, 2014. (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)
Four Women’s Stories at a Time of Turmoil
Over the past four decades, many Muslim-majority countries have suffered from conflict, revolution, war and terror while trying to face the challenge of finding their proper place in a modern world they find both attractive and repulsive. While everyone has had a...Caption:
An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on July 25, 2014, shows allegedly shows members of the IS (Islamic state) militant group raising their black and white flag over a building belonging to a Syrian army base in the northern rebel-held Syrian city of Raqa. Islamic State fighters have seized Division 17 […]