According to a poll, the same percentage of Arab citizens identify themselves as confirmed atheists as Americans.
Number of Atheists in the Arab World Rivals the West
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Saudi Arabia
How the U.S. Contributed to Yemen’s Crisis
Washington’s support for Yemen’s former dictatorship — and of Saudi efforts to sideline the country’s nonviolent pro-democracy movement — helped create the current crisis.
Diplomacy Is the Only Plausible Solution to Syria and Yemen
Unification of the Middle East, though not a caliphate, would be ideal, but unity would be a step in the right direction.
Yemen and the Congress of Reaction
The Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen has more in common with 19th-century Europe than the 21st-century Middle East.
Autocrats United Against Yemen
The Yemen war is a variation on an old theme, where despotic regimes in the Middle East call on the United States to do their dirty work.
Another Illegal War in the Middle East
The Saudi intervention in Yemen perpetuates the lawlessness of the so-called “War on Terror.”
Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State’s Legal Codes Too Close for Comfort
Just like the Islamist State, Saudi Arabia flogs and prescribes hanging and stoning to death.
Like Al Qaeda, Islamic State a Threat to Saudi Arabia Despite Similar Worldview
Ideological affinity makes it difficult for Saudi Arabia to distance itself from the Islamic State.
The Death Sentence That Could Inflame Sectarian Tensions Across The Middle East
The fate of one Shi’ite cleric hangs over the Gulf like a sword of Damocles.
Flogging for Blogging?
The U.S. government continues to turn a blind eye to the medieval forms of torture meted out by its Saudi allies.