Obama in Egypt: Realism at What Cost?

In this past weekend’s New York Times, James Traub writes about the ideological tightrope President Obama must walk in his upcoming speech to the Muslim world in Cairo on Thursday.

Groups Lobby President Ahead of Speech

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) released an open letter to “President Obama and the Muslim World” today

Foreshadowing the Egypt Speech

Scott Carpenter of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy published a new PolicyWatch which foreshadows President Obama’s upcoming speech in Egypt.

The Obama doctrine? Let’s see what he says to Mubarak

On Thursday Barack Obama is set to deliver a much-anticipated speech from Cairo in which he will reportedly discuss democracy and human rights. These two traits, of course, are in

Amnesty International Report 2009 on Syria

Despite its references to the oppression of the Kurmandji (not "Kurdish") ethnic minority, the Amnesty International Report 2009 on Syria does not mention either the indigenous Aramaean nation or various

Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama

CAIRO, Egypt -- Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq _ that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they

Obama’s visit is dividing Egyptians

CAIRO // Since the May 8 announcement that the US president, Barack Obama, would deliver his long-awaited speech to the Islamic world in Egypt, the country has been gripped by

Farhan appointed interim IAF chief

AMMAN, May 31, 2009 (Jordan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The shura council of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) elected Ishaq Farhan as an interim secretary general

Jordan’s Islamic Action Front picks up new leadership

Amman - The Islamic Action Front, Jordan’s largest political party, has chosen new interim leadership in a bid to restore unity that seemed to have been undermined due to exacerbating

How Islamic culture helped Europe out of Dark Ages

The timing is apt: now that Barack Obama’s America seeks conciliation rather than confrontation in the Middle East, here is a thoughtful book revealing how Islamic culture helped the West