British military action is the jihadis’ call to arms
Whether or not al-Qaeda is working to set up a cell in Britain, the best way to eliminate the threat on British soil is to strike at the root causes.
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Iraq
From victims of cluster bombs to champions of a ban
For world leaders with doubts about the need to ban cluster bombs, courageous survivors made a trip to Vienna to promote the cause.
Read MoreA widening gulf with Saudi Arabia
The controversial visit to Britain by the Saudi monarch highlighted the need for a more equitable alternative to the client state model.
Read MoreMiddle Eastern cult heroes feed on political disillusionment
With political disillusionment at an all-time high, a certain brand of hardline Middle Eastern leader is being elevated to the status of cult hero.
Read MoreRemembering the other right of return
Palestinians have not been the Middle East’s only victims. We Arabs should recall the many Jews who paid the price for the Arab-Israeli conflict and offer them, too, the right of return.
Read MoreConverting to Islam is not a crime
Muriel Degauque is the first white European female suicide bomber. Shocking as this is, suggestions that converts are brainwashed fanatics and their partners are comicbook villains are unfair.
Read MoreBehind the gates of hell in Iraq
The mayhem and anarchy gripping Iraq lend a deadly ring of truth to early Arab warnings that the US-led invasion would “open the gates of hell”. A photo exhibition puts a human face on the suffering beyond that infernal doorway.
Read MoreJoy and fury at Belgium’s revised genocide law
As a global army of millions of peace protesters attempts to stop the march towards a US-led war in Iraq, Belgium’s legal system has put leaders on notice that they run the risk of being held personally accountable for their actions once they leave office.
Read MoreA banquet for conservatives in Egypt
Syrian author Heidar Heidar’s novel about Iraqi communist exiles in Algeria has provoked the ire of Islamists who have denounced A Banquet for Seaweed as “offensive to Islam”.
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