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Today I Converted to “Islam”

I was “born a Muslim” so to speak. Some of you know my parents; they are “chill parents”. They encouraged me to read relentlessly. Also to argue with them annoyingly about everything the minute I could do so. Our discus...

by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui

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Do Western Feminists Have Any Right to Speak out for the Female Muslim Community?

This month Ukrainian feminist protest group FEMEN once again sparked international debate for their controversial protest, ‘topless Jihad day’ in solidarity with Amina Tyler, a young Tunisian woman who posted a nude photo...

by Anjuli Borgonha

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The Pros and Cons of Drafting Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox

The Israeli public largely objects to the current policy of allowing ultra-orthodox Jewish youth to avoid army service, but the rule has long been upheld thanks to political power play. Now, for the first time in 18 years, an I...

by Global Voices

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Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has tried to cast itself as the head of the radical camp in the Middle East. Iran’s foreign policy did not lose its revolutionary zeal through the years. Iranian support for radical mov...

by Maged Mandour

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Operation Iraqi Freedom: What We Have Learned in 10 Years?

Ten years ago today, on March 19 2003, the USA and its allies launched the second Iraq war in a bid to radically change the face of the region. To this day, after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime and the complete withd...

by Nadim Souss

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Radical or Conservative: Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church

On the rare occasion of a newly-anointed Pope, it seems appropriate to take a look at where the Catholic Church is today, and what steps Pope Francis could take to make it a more effective force for good in the world. What are ...

by Richard Scott-Jones

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The Papal Contenders

“He that hath knowledge spareth his words” (Proverbs 17:27) He that hath knowledge spareth his words indeed, a proverb which in light of the recent shock announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s unorthodox resignation seems mo...

by Benjamin Meggitt

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A Pope-Mortem

The story on everyone’s lips, and twitter feeds, is the stunning revelation that Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) has called an end to an almost eight year reign at the helm of the Catholic Church, citing the fact that hi...

by Urban Times

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Today I Converted to “Islam”

Do Western Feminists Have Any Right to Speak out for the Female Muslim Community?

The Pros and Cons of Drafting Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox

Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Operation Iraqi Freedom: What We Have Learned in 10 Years?

Radical or Conservative: Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church

The Papal Contenders

A Pope-Mortem

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