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Texas Government Signs Deals with Group of Illegal Israeli Settlements

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, the cowboy hat-wearing Republican who often draws attention for posting controversial messages on social media, made a bold geopolitical...

Trump Appoints an Israeli ambassador who opposes a Palestinian state and...

President Donald Trump’s choice for the role of US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, was sworn in by a narrow margin yesterday. Friedman, who is...

Are converts to Islam more likely to become extremists?

Are converts to Islam more likely to become extremists? Matthew Francis, Lancaster University and Kim Knott, Lancaster University The process of conversion to any religion is...

Russia and Iran’s growing cooperation hints at a new Middle East

Russia and Iran's growing cooperation hints at a new Middle East Clément Therme, École des Hautes Études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and...

As Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, Assad’s future is the...

As Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, Assad's future is the sticking point Abdullah Yusuf, University of Dundee Six years ago, 15 teenagers from the southern...

The challenges of being Muslim in America today

By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.  I've been a Muslim-American for nearly fifty years, about the same age as Astroturf and Doritos. During that time, the population of Muslims...

Syria’s Kurds have ended up at the heart of Middle Eastern...

Syria's Kurds have ended up at the heart of Middle Eastern geopolitics – here's why Clemens Hoffmann, University of Stirling; Can Cemgil, Istanbul Bilgi University,...

Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization?

Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization? Terje Ostebo, University of Florida The Trump administration as well as Republican lawmakers are seeking to introduce legislation that...

Muslim Women Rising: An Interview with Linda Sarsour

Amina Mirza here. On an unusual warm winter day, Women clad in colourful Hijab and beautiful smiles, gathered at Humphrey school of public affairs,...

CIA Cables Detail Gina Haspel Role in Torture of Abu Zubaydah

In August of 2002, interrogators at a secret CIA-run prison in Thailand set out to break a Palestinian man they believed was one of...