The entrance to the Prophet’s Mosque (PBUH) in the city of Medina. (AAA File Photo)
by Abdul-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Sheikh | Mar 18, 2013 | Opinion
The human brain performs a conscious, deductive process to control an individual’s manner of conduct and way of thinking, in order to select the most appropriate course of action away from impulses and emotions. As Amir Bin Qais once said “If your brain uses reason to...
by Abdul-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Sheikh | Oct 23, 2012 | Opinion
Ever since the emergence of the so-called “Arab Spring”, the Saudi people have faced numerous questions about their country’s stability as well as its future in a region where governments have begun to fall, and conflicts and clashes are breaking...
by Abdul-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Sheikh | Apr 17, 2012 | Opinion
After reading the book “The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower”, it became evident to me that the Iranian lobby is performing a major role within the US to influence the decision-making process regarding American-Iranian relations. Such...
by Abdul-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Sheikh | Jan 23, 2012 | Opinion
Ever since the Khomeini revolution in Iran, political analysts and research centers in the West, particularly in the US, have been speculating about a “major deal” anticipated between the US and Iran, regarding the Arabian Gulf. Both the Iranian and US...
by Abdul-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Sheikh | Jun 2, 2009 | Opinion
Your Excellency President Barack Obama, your visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a first stop preceding your delivery of your address which you will direct to the Islamic world from Egypt, must be viewed within the framework of all its inferences and...