by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 12, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Four Egyptian men are at the heart of attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to find religious justification for its bloody attempts to forge a new “caliphate,” a number of experts on fundamentalist movements told Asharq...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Oct 10, 2013 | Opinion
Ever since I heard the story of “sexual jihad” in Syria and, for example, the group of Tunisian girls who traveled there for this purpose and then returned home pregnant, I have been very skeptical of the authenticity of such stories. I suspect it not out...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 1, 2013 | Opinion
Two days ago, Islamic jurisprudence and Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood expert Gamal al-Banna, brother of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, passed away. He left our world at the age of 93. Early on in his life he distanced himself from his brother’s...
