by Amir Taheri | Mar 15, 2013 | Opinion
Almost a decade ago a four letter word divided political opinion across the board. The word was “Iraq” whose regime had acted as a rogue state since the late 1960s. The debate that caused the division achieved new intensity when a “coalition of the willing” led by the...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 28, 2013 | Opinion
“The stance of these two states is very strange,” Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki remarked in mid-2012, in reference to Qatar and Saudi Arabia. According to him, it was strange that these two countries were providing military, logistic, and humanitarian support to...
by Hussein Shobokshi | Feb 21, 2013 | Opinion
In some dictionaries, the word “conservative,” when applied to a country, has referred to a hardline state that is skeptical about attempts to promote tolerance in religious discourse, open societies, and rapprochement with neighboring states. Such a...
by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | Feb 19, 2013 | Opinion
God fights against oppression and tyranny but they still remain, despite their enduring connotations of hardship, corruption, injustice, tragedy, and brutality. Like alcohol, oppression and tyranny are primarily a great source of sin, but that is not to say they have...
