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Tariq Ramadan is a public intellectual who has been a figure of both much praise and much condemnation, occasioned by controversial statements and positions that have cast him alternately as

Under cover of a sudden interest in developing new green technologies, and with strong support from US neo-conservatives, the Israeli government hopes to weaken the Gulf states by making their

We don't have to accept the stoning of criminals. But it's time to stop treating all Islamists as potential terrorists.

Switzerland’s vote has exposed long-festering uneasiness within Europe toward immigration and members of ethnic communities, particularly those that are Muslim, says Ariel Kastner

The vote was surprising to many as it is diametrically opposed to the democratic values and the enlightenment spirit that are the source of a great pride to Swiss society,

First things first. The victory on Nov 29 for Yes-sayers in the Swiss referendum on banning minarets is not an attack on Islam.