by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 24, 2017 | World
Britain’s senior faith leaders gathered near the country’s Parliament to mourn victims who had fallen to London’s recent Westminster terror attack. The religious leaders urged restraint and the appeal for peace in the face of such troubling times....
by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 7, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
Washington- Days after New York police announcement of allowing religious people to wear turbans and beards, the U.S. army issued a new list of regulations and rules. Among these updated regulations there is a rule similar to that of New York police – the new list...
by Khalid Yaymout | Dec 6, 2016 | Features
The secular academic theories have represented an intellectual map for the modern western mind and still represent a significant trend in the political, social, and religious sciences and the modern socio-political sciences. Different proposals discussing this context...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 30, 2016 | Opinion
What distinguishes the west from the rest of the world is its respect for the principle of freedom; it believes in it as a culture and commits to it in constitutions that governments and citizens adhere to. For this reason, France’s highest administrative court, the...
by Khalid Yaymout | Aug 30, 2016 | Features
The case of Burkini has emerged in France after the decision to ban swimming suits worn by Muslim women in 30 municipalities in the country. This ban provoked a wide debate in France and in the worldwide media; it has also renewed arguments in Paris on secularism and...