Battered woman syndrome and the Muslim conscious
In the aftermath of last week’s Westminster attack, it is abundantly clear from the responses of many Muslim leaders and organisations that they suffer...
What if the London attack wasn’t an act of terrorism?
Steve Hewitt, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, questions whether we should refer to the Westminster attack as an act of terrorism.
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The knives are out for the Muslim Brotherhood
Abdel Bari Atwan is a prominent journalist in the Arab world and is the editor of thei Railyoum website
Abdel Bari Atwan says that the...
The US air strikes on Syria were planned before the Khan Sheikhoun massacre
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says no Arab or Muslim should back American intervention in Syria given the US's track record of destroying...
Dr Yasir Qadhi slams British press for latest slanderous accusations against him
Prominent American scholar, Dr Yasir Qadhi, has slammed the British press for their recent attacks accusing him of homophobia and advocating violence against non-Muslims....
Donald Trump’s Arab cheerleaders
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says those Arabs who are now cheering on Donald Trump after he fired missiles at a Syrian airbase...
No winners in Turkish referendum
Middle East analyst Abel Bari Atwan says that despite President Erdogan's narrow win in Sunday's referendum, he presides over a completely polarised nation.
It was...
Is there such a thing as a “Muslim vote” in France?
Ahead of the first round of the French presidential elections on Sunday, Fatima Khemilat, a PhD Student at Sciences Po Aix, asks whether there...
Arabs should learn from North Korea’s defiance against Western aggression
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says Arab countries can learn a lot from North Korea and its insistence on maintaining nuclear weapons as...
Is the new Hamas Charter a slippery slope to recognising Israel?
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says the new Hamas Charter could set the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement on the same disastrous path pursued...