How did an eighteenth-century Arab preacher and scholar become one of the most influential religious figures in the world today?
Muhammad, Christ, Buddha, and … ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
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Salafi
Saudi Crisis Deepens (Part 2)
Saudi oppression of its own Shias and its war against Yemen are symptoms of its decline.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Dueling Monarchies
The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for Islamist parties in the region, igniting a rivalry for the hearts and minds of the Sunni world between the Gulf powers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Although neither country is a bastion of democracy at home, Qatar has proven much more amenable than Saudi Arabia to bolstering democratic Islamist movements abroad.
Tunisia’s Culture War: Salafists Run Amok
The strategies and acts of Salafists in Tunisia parallel those in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria.
The Brownshirts of the Arab Spring: Tunisia’s Salafists (Part 2)
Tunisia’s Arab Spring is looking more and more like the status quo disguised as a revolution.
The Brownshirts of the Arab Spring: Tunisia’s Salafists (Part 1)
Virtually every sector of the Tunisian economy has been on strike and unemployment is worse than during the years of President Ben Ali.
Salafists Could Roll Arab Spring Back to Arab Winter
Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu’s views on governing are mirrored by their views on investment management.
Lebanon Intrusion
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. military intervention in Lebanon, and 25 years after a second U.S. military intervention which left hundreds of Americans and thousands of Lebanese dead, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution by a huge bipartisan majority which may lay the groundwork for a third one. At a minimum, this move has crudely and unnecessarily inserted the United States into Lebanon’s complex political infighting.