Just like the Islamist State, Saudi Arabia flogs and prescribes hanging and stoning to death.
Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State’s Legal Codes Too Close for Comfort
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Saudi Arabia
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.
Our Savior, Iran
Despite resistance on the parts of both countries, détente between Iran and the United States is preordained.
Five Lies Washington Tells Itself about the Middle East
Five bedrock delusions keep America mired in the Middle East, to everyone’s detriment.
Kingdom of Slaves
In the smallest Gulf kingdoms, upwards of 90 percent of residents are immigrant laborers. Many face unspeakable abuse.
Treat ISIS Like an Onion
Like layers of an onion, ISIS supporters can be carefully peeled away. But not if Obama goes into Syria and Iraq with a mallet.
Five Ways the U.S. Enabled the Islamic State
Contradictory U.S. policies, as with Al Qaeda a generation ago, have aided and abetted the development of the Islamic State.
Why Washington’s War on Terror Failed
Washington sabotaged its own “war on terror” by destabilizing the Middle East even as it coddled the U.S. allies who were actually sponsoring terrorism.