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Israel’s ambassador to Turkey scolded for humiliating Celikkol

ISTANBUL, (PIC)-- The Turkish ministry of foreign affairs summoned Tuesday the Israeli ambassador to protest the reprimand meeting held yesterday by deputy foreign ministry Daniel Ayalon with the intention to

The Cairo Conundrum

In his June 4, 2009 speech at Cairo University, President Barack Obama dramatically raised expectations for U.S. policy in the Middle East, among Americans and Muslims both.

Frustration abounds in Arab world over Swiss minaret ban

CAIRO: Osama Yussif cheers in the early morning hours as he watches a replayed European football match.

Khater slams Arabs for not showing zeal for Aqsa as they do with football

Secretary-general of the Islamic-Christian commission Hasan Khater stated Saturday that Israel would not have dared to Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem, desecrate its holy shrines and displace its people

U.S. Democracy Promotion Policy in the Middle East: The Islamist Dilemma

This report assesses U.S. policy toward Islamist organizations in the Arab world, specifically those groups that have renounced violence and terrorism. The report analyzes U.S. government attitudes toward Islamist movements

Why Can’t Muslim Societies Be More Like a Globalised West?

Many commentators on Islam make the same mistake: They instinctively assume that Muslim resistance to western globalisation reflects the inability of Muslims to accept the social and structural change that

Sawaseya demands action be taken to restore Muslim’s rights abroad.

The Sawasya Centre for human rights and anti-discrimination has condemned actions taken by a judge in Spain where he ordered a Muslim lawyer to leave the courtroom after she refused

Engaging the Muslim World

President Barack Obama's election and President Barack Obama's election and post-inauguration statements on political Islam and his speeches in Turkey and Cairo have resonated well in the Muslim world, reflecting

One Year After Cairo

In a much-anticipated speech in June 2009, President Barack Obama, speaking from the Egyptian capital, sought a "new beginning" in U.S. relations with the Muslim world.

What 1.3 Billion Muslims Really Think: An Answer to a Recent Gallup Study, Based on

This book is based on the quantitative, multivariate analysis of the World Values Survey data from more than 80 countries around the globe on the political and social values of