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The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb (5th R) and Coptic Pope Tawadros (3rd L) attend the opening session of a two-day international conference in Cairo on fighting extremism, on December 3, 2014. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egypt’s Al-Azhar stops short of declaring ISIS apostates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 13, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the country’s leading Sunni religious institute, has issued a statement formally rejecting the labeling of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters as apostates. Takfirism, the practice of one Muslim declaring another to...

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A picture taken on July 1, 2014 shows a North Oil Company gas field located near a checkpoint held by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), some 30 kilometres southwest of the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk. (AFP Photo/Marwan Ibrahim)

Opinion: Oil and Politics

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Dec 13, 2014 | Opinion

In April 2014, when the Russian President Vladimir Putin was at the peak of his tsarist splendor after his invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea, he spoke about his ability to control Europe’s gas and energy supplies. He was like a hurricane, blowing away any...

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In this still taken from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video, an Islamist fighter (C), identified as Abu Muthana Al-Yemeni from Britain, speaks from an unknown location. (Reuters/Reuters TV)

Opinion: Is Chicago more dangerous than Riyadh?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 13, 2014 | Opinion

It seems the height of contradiction to be a Saudi, Kuwaiti, or Egyptian parent and worry that your children who are studying or working in the United States or Europe may turn into extremists who aspire to join organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of...