Religion
Keeping the Flame Alive
This Hanukkah, Israel doesn't have to worry about running out of oil.
BY FRANK JACOBS | DECEMBER 10, 2012
Ultimate Sacrifice
What's the difference between self-immolators and suicide bombers?
BY MICHAEL BIGGS | DECEMBER 3, 2012
Turkey's Weakest Export
Turkey says it wants to be a model for democracy in the Middle East. But so far its actions lag behind its achievements.
BY GAMZE COŞKUN | NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Words Are Weapons of Mass Destruction
Why Hamas should watch its language.
BY DAVID KEYES | NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Egyptian Idol
The Salafi threat to blow up the pyramids is nothing new: Egypt's ambivalence toward its past dates back centuries.
BY IAN STRAUGHN | NOVEMBER 15, 2012
The Inconvenient Revolution
An interview with a leading human rights activist from Bahrain
BY AZZURRA MERINGOLO | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
How Ancient Plankton Elected Obama
And other crazy tales from the world's electoral maps.
BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
The Secret of Islamist Success
Islamist political parties aren't succeeding in the Middle East because they stand for Islam. It's because they have a well-established political brand.
BY DALIBOR ROHAC | OCTOBER 31, 2012
The Not-So-Funny Papers
Exclusive cartoons from the Afghan mujahideen.
BY MATTHEW TREVITHICK | OCTOBER 26, 2012
The Changing Face of Mecca
Artist Ahmed Mater returns to Islam's holiest site to capture the enormous changes as modernity meets tradition.
BY AHMED MATER VIA CREATIVE TIME REPORTS | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Beware the Tyranny of the Mob
The growing insecurity of religious and ethnic minorities is one of the biggest problems arising from the Arab Spring. But much can be done to protect them.
BY JAMSHEED CHOKSY, EDEN NABY | OCTOBER 26, 2012
UnBonJuif
The return of French anti-Semitism is a lot scarier than just a few nasty tweets.
BY ERIC PAPE | OCTOBER 25, 2012
The March to Mecca
Millions of Muslims from around the world begin the hajj -- a journey to the holy city of Mecca.
OCTOBER 23, 2012
The Man Who Brought the Black Flag to Timbuktu
A new Islamist strongman has taken the stage in North Africa. His rising power is giving him a lot of bad ideas.
BY WILLIAM LLOYD-GEORGE | OCTOBER 22, 2012
Why a Constitution Is a Bad Place for a Blasphemy Law
A constitutional ban on blasphemy might sound like a good idea to some. But it can mean less freedom for everyone.
BY KATRINA LANTOS SWETT, ROBERT P. GEORGE | OCTOBER 15, 2012
Is Iraq an Iranian Proxy?
Inquiring minds want to know.
BY SAFA AL-SHEIKH, EMMA SKY | OCTOBER 11, 2012
We Are All Malala
Why can't Pakistanis condemn the Taliban for shooting a 14-year-old girl?
BY NADEEM F. PARACHA | OCTOBER 10, 2012
Think Again: The BRICS
Together, their GDP now nearly equals the United States. But are they really the future of the global economy?
BY ANTOINE VAN AGTMAEL | NOVEMBER 2012
Reports of al Qaeda's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
The terrorist group may be headless, but its tentacles still pack a mean punch.
BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | OCTOBER 3, 2012
An Idealist on Death Row
Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 3, 2012
What Happens When the Lights Go Out in Karachi?
Three scary questions that keep Pakistanis up at night.
BY SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The Revolution in Tunisia Stalls
Even before last week's riots at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, the progress of Tunisia's revolution was beginning to look rocky. Here's why.
BY FADIL ALIRIZA | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Wait, You Still Don't Like Us?
Why the Muslim world hasn't warmed toward America over the past four years.
BY RICHARD WIKE | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Buddhism Problem
Why isn't Burma's democracy icon speaking up for minorities -- and against her country's nationalistic, racist, xenophobic, and occasionally violent Buddhist majority?
BY WILLIAM MCGOWAN | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
The Silent Hand of Saleh
Was the security lapse at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa a move by Yemen's former president to show America who still calls the shots?
BY IONA CRAIG | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Why the Embassy Riots Won't Stop
The world has become one big crowded theater, and anyone with a laptop can now yell "fire" and set off a stampede.
BY MICHAEL KOPLOW | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Buddhist Monks Behaving Badly
The boys in saffron are marching again. But this time there’s nothing that's noble about it.
BY FRANCIS WADE | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
The Battle of the Shrines
The attack on the U.S. diplomats in Benghazi isn't the first time that Libya's ultraconservative Islamists have tried to shake things up. Can the country's nascent democracy rise to the challenge?
BY SHARRON WARD | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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