Recent elections in Iran, Kuwait and Lebanon confirm that the threat of radical Islam is receding and the West should overcome its “pathological” fear of engaging political Islamists who have

From Fallujah and Peshawar to Amsterdam and Paris, is radical, militant Islam winning or losing its political battle for the support of the world’s Muslims? Gilles Kepel, leading analyst of

Dr. Williams identifies the roots of organized crime in post-Ba’athist Iraq in an authoritarian and corrupt state dominated by Saddam Hussein and subject to international sanctions. He also explains the

Today, the world of Islam is going through a strange period. And, any way you look at it, the Iranian revolution played a role and is still playing a role

Cornelius Hulsman is the director general of Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation and editor-in-chief of "Arab-West Report". He has a complete view around the region. He also has a

Within a given country, the make-up of the blogging cluster turned out to be quite varied. The Egyptian cluster, for example, "is characterized by secular reformist bloggers" on one hand,

Mohamed Mahdy Akef; chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, congratulates the Lebanese on the agreement on national unity that led to the election of Michel Suleiman as a president of the

F. Gregory Gause III, a leading expert on Saudi Arabia, says Saudi officials are “anxious” to hear President Bush’s views on Iran during his forthcoming visit. He says Saudi leaders

the story of what’s really going on in Iraq and Iran. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke to him about America’s Hitler, Bush’s Vietnam, and how the US press failed the First Amendment.

Habib denied that this formation of the authority of clerics or Ulema Council is a copycatting of the Iranian model. We wanted this council to be formed from Al-Azhar or