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 In February of each year, the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates the “Ten Days of Dawn” ceremonies that take their name from the Qur’anic surah, al-Fajr and its opening verses, Wa al-fajr, wa layaalin ‘ashr (89:1–2). |  |
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One criticism hurled by Barack Obama’s opponents during the 2008 presidential campaign was that he was a Muslim. To his lasting shame, Obama called this a “smear.” |  It was the late British Prime Minister Harold Wilson who had quipped: “a week is a long time in politics.” That may be true of politics that are fickle by nature; | |
Opinion | ||||
| Reflections Zafar Bangash | Guest Editorial Abu Dharr | Perspectives Iqbal Siddiqui | ||
| A brotherly reminder to internal opponents of the Islamic State | The Ikhwan’s difficult path between accommodation, repression and militancy | |||
| This year the Islamic Revolution in Iran turns 31; this means 31 years of independence, change, struggle, and accomplishments. What has emerged through the course of these 31 years, which in the lifespan of nations is still tiny, is the fact — unbeknown only to Zionists, sectarians, and all those who are blinded by hostility — that Islamic | The election last month of Mohammed Badei as the eighth Murshid al-‘Am (General Guide) of the Ikhwan al-Muslimun (Muslim Brotherhood) in Egypt, and the results of December’s elections for the Ikhwan’s Maktab al-Irshad (Guidance Bureau), have caused ructions among many Western and secular observers of Egyptian politics. | ||
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Pakistan supplants Iraq as lawless land An army of American officials — civilian and military — have been marching in and out of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital,is if it were some kind of a popular picnic spot. Islamabad is anything but a holiday resort: |
Egypt’s Pharaoh enforces US-Zionist siege of GazaWhile Egypt is arguably the most important country in the Middle East by virtue of its population, a large number of highly-qualified professionals and scholars, and as seat of the Muslim world’s (indeed the entire world’s) oldest university, | Forensic analysis of the Zionist war on Gaza Israel’s 22-day-long brutal military assault on Gaza a year ago had three main components where battle for the future of the Middle East and hence the wider world was taking place. The first was military; this was the most important,  | CIA agents killed by Jordanian double agent in Afghanistan  The December 30 istishhadi operation at a remote base in Afghanistan’s Khost Province |
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 It is often said that competition is supposed to make all the engaged parties better. Those who are more innovative and those who execute better are supposed to win. And as such, competition is encouraged in sports, entertainment, business, and even academia. | Russia’s imperial policies in the North Caucasus  At a superficial level, events in Dagestan may appear straight forward. One gets the impression that there is an Islamic movement struggling to gain independence from Russia. However, this does not reflect the entire reality.The latest crisis regarding the presidential; |
 Eurasia’s energy wars: the US, China and Muslims in Pipelineistan Games are a traditional metaphor for global politics. Chess, safari, and their aristocratic variants — these are suggestive of power, competition, | |
