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View archive →Qamar-ul Huda among panel of experts on Syria
Religion News Service features a series of commentaries by experts on the probable military strike against Syria. The panel includes theologians, policy experts whether the U.S. s…
The Peace Process is Back
There are very good reasons to doubt that a revived peace process will deliver a two-state deal, or even much by way of progress. Kerry's statement was rife with uncertainty regar…
Assuming Collective Guilt
“Why have Muslims not condemned terrorism?†This question is a seemingly permanent fixture in the question-and-answer sessions I address after public forums. After responding…
Obadias Ndaba
Obadias Ndaba is President of World Youth Alliance, an international organization with consultative status with the United Nations and European Union, among other organizations.
Why Cairo is not burning...yet
It’s midnight in Cairo. Literally. President Mursi is droning on and on while I have been trying to sort out some of my thoughts on the computer keyboard before me. Egypt’s Pr…
The future of political Islam
The toppling of president Mohamed Morsi and his Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt last week has raised a host of deep and difficult questions about the future of politicised reli…
Russia, US should learn from history and clear air of antagonism
The US and Russia are not on the best of terms these days. A meeting between the US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the G8 summit on…
Syria, America and self-fulfilling prophecy
For about a year and a half, President Obama had been calling for the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria and at the same time—aside from a very modest and covert CIA missi…
A victory for reform, but Iran's real leader hasn't changed
A victory for reform, but Iran's real leader hasn't changed The election of conservative-cum-reformist Islamic cleric Hassan Rowhani to Iran's presidency represents an earnest des…