How not to fight extremism in America
By Khaled Diab A sudden lurch from ignoring or underplaying the threat of right-wing extremism in America to treating white
Read moreBy Khaled Diab A sudden lurch from ignoring or underplaying the threat of right-wing extremism in America to treating white
Read moreBy Khaled Diab Spanning some three millennia of recorded history, Ancient Egyptians built a state to last. What was behind
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The super rich are leaving only the scraps for everyone else to fight over, which is fuelling
Read moreThe death in court of Mohamed Morsi completed the incarcerated former Egyptian president’s unlikely metamorphosis from mediocre mundanity to mythical martyr whose political ghost will haunt Egypt, the Middle East and the West for years.
Read moreDespite their conviction that they are polar opposites, white supremacists and Islamist extremists share much in common, including a hatred for minorities and the enemies within, a persecution complex, and nostalgia for past glories.
Read moreWestern inaction against Saudi Arabia is emboldening the region’s regimes to clamp down harder on dissent. But by silencing peaceful and constructive change, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern regimes are paving the way to violent and destructive rage.
Read moreThe assault on American democracy and its global standing originated not in Moscow but in Washington, and across the length and breadth of the United States. Like the Soviet Empire before it, America is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions.
Read moreIn the second in a series of articles exploring the disturbing parallels between radical Islamic and White/Christian extremism, Khaled Diab examines the far-right’s dual sense of superiority and inferiority, as well as its persecution complex.
Read moreIn their reactions to Donald Trump’s hypocritical Jerusalem declaration, many Arab and Muslims leaders have exhibited their own grotesque double standards.
Read moreDonald Trump is possibly the worst American president in history, but that does not give the rest of the political establishment a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to taking responsibility for the mess the world is in
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