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(From L-R) Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh, Governor of Mecca Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz, and Sheikh Abdullah Al-, the secretary-general of the Muslim World League, speak on a conference panel on the first day of the ‘Islam and the Fight Against Terrorism’ conference organized by the Muslim World League, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on February 22, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Ahmed Hashad)


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Picture shows US ambassador Alberto Fernandez (bottom-R), and American jihadist Omar Hammami (bottom-L). (Asharq Al-Awsat)


Waging the Information War on ISIS

Waging the Information War on ISIS

by | Oct 29, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although the US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front have grabbed most of the headlines, US officials have been careful to emphasize that there is no purely military solution to the threat...
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In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, a Syrian boy shouts slogans against the regime in front of a flag of the armed Islamic opposition group, the Nusra front, during a demonstration in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. (AP/ Manu Brabo)


Opinion: Of Extremism and Counter-extremism

Opinion: Of Extremism and Counter-extremism

by | Jul 25, 2013 | Opinion

Within days of each other, both France and Britain moved away from their initial enthusiasm to arm the Syrian opposition, adopting the US stance on the issue under the pretext of “the growing influence of Takfirist groups” among the rebel forces fighting against the...