Islam

Votes Versus Rights

The debate that's shaping the outcome of the Arab Spring.

BY CHARLES KURZMAN | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Lesson of Bani Walid

In post-Gaddafi Libya, the dream of a stable central government is fading. Militias are filling the gap.

BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | JANUARY 28, 2012

The Beards of January

Even Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is nervous about the rise of the Salafis.

JANUARY 4, 2012

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

Monsters and Children

How dumb bigots and political correctness have hijacked our national conversation about radical violent extremism. (By which I mean: talking to Muslims about al Qaeda.)

BY J.M. BERGER | DECEMBER 9, 2011

Revenge of the Sunnis

What the Arab Spring is really about.

BY EDWARD LUTTWAK | DECEMBER 7, 2011

Afghanistan's Bloody Tuesday

The annual Shiite holiday, Ashura, is a self-flagellatory festival of blood. But the shocking bombing in Kabul is anything but holy. Warning: graphic images.

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Holy Days

Muslims around the world celebrate the hajj and Eid al-Adha.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The Islamist Bloc?

Just because you think you know one of the Arab World's new Islamists doesn't mean you know them all.

BY AHMED CHARAI, JOSEPH BRAUDE | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

An Islamist, a Liberal, and a Former Regime Loyalist Walk into a Cafe...

Three Libyans try to make sense of their country after Qaddafi.

BY RYAN CALDER | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Divine Election

As Tunisians prepare for the Arab Spring's first free election, they are discovering that democracy, too, can be messy.

BY DON DUNCAN | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Fear and Loathing in Christian Cairo

After a day of brutal violence, my Egyptian Christian family -- and the Coptic community -- is afraid for the future.

BY MONIQUE EL-FAIZY | OCTOBER 11, 2011

Money Market

How the West was won -- in the Middle Ages

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2011

Do Muslims Really Care About Somalia?

If they do, here's how they can save the country from famine.

BY AKBAR AHMED , FRANKIE MARTIN | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Doom and Gloom

Interpreting the American public mood on the 9/11 decade.

BY SHIBLEY TELHAMI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

9/11 from Arab Shores

Ten years after the World Trade Center attacks, is 9/11 still a seminal moment or a historical footnote for the Middle East?

BY BORZOU DARAGAHI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The Myth of Anwar al-Awlaki

One of America's most-wanted Islamist radicals was once a humble, mainstream preacher who became enraged by the war on terror. At least, that's the story some people are selling.

BY J.M. BERGER | AUGUST 10, 2011

Cairo's Revolutionaries Change Tactics

The hard-core activists who led the protests that ousted Hosni Mubarak are looking for other ways to make an impact. But with elections looming, are they losing the plot?

BY MAX STRASSER | AUGUST 10, 2011

Guilty Until Proven Guilty

In the cage of justice, sometimes a courtroom's verdict is long foretold.

BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 3, 2011

A Murderer's Manifesto and Me

Anders Behring Breivik, Norway's mass murderer, was a fan of my writing. Here's what I found within his perverse 1,518-page manuscript.

BY PHILLIP LONGMAN | AUGUST 1, 2011

Rise of the Radical Right

Anders Behring Breivik is not alone. In fact, Europe has many more dangerous extremists than anyone thinks.

BY JAMIE BARTLETT, JONATHAN BIRDWELL | JULY 25, 2011

The Prince of Persia

Machiavelli’s got nothing on Iran’s Supreme Leader.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JULY 21, 2011

Underground and in the Closet

The state of the gay Middle East.

BY DAVID KENNER | JUNE 15, 2011

Who Tried to Kill Ali Abdullah Saleh?

The hidden feud behind the revolution in Yemen.

BY SARAH PHILLIPS | JUNE 13, 2011

Too Big to Fail?

Is Syria's repressive dictatorship really so crucial to Mideast peace and stability that we can't let it fail? The Obama administration still seems to think so.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 12, 2011

Think Again: Al Qaeda

The world's most notorious terrorist organization was never quite what Americans thought it was -- and Osama bin Laden's death doesn't mean that it's down for the count.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | MAY 3, 2011

Osama the Icon

The global cult of the terrorist mastermind.

MAY 2, 2011

Veil of Ignorance

Have we gotten the headscarf all wrong?

BY LEILA AHMED | MAY/JUNE 2011

Assad's Survival Strategy

The Syrian president is relying on a blend of repression, promises of reform, and anxiety about what comes next to defuse an unexpected challenge to his rule.

BY GARY GAMBILL | APRIL 6, 2011

Feuding Brothers

In the battle over the Muslim Brotherhood's future, the United States should engage with the good guys.

BY ED HUSAIN | APRIL 5, 2011