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May 5, 2014

As if time stands still

It is as if time stands still. Monday, 25th February was the anniversary of the massacre of 29 Palestinian worshippers in Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque, gunned down by Israeli settler...

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May 5, 2014

The truth about the reconciliation talks

The Palestinian national reconciliation talks have turned into a reconciliation process. Like the Middle East Peace Process, they are without progress and an apparent end. To boot, they can...

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May 5, 2014

The OIC under Egypt’s leadership

For the first time since its founding in 1969 the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has held a summit in Egypt. Already saddled with its own internal challenges, Egypt...

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May 5, 2014

A fitting award for the right man, at the right time

This year’s King Faisal International Award for Service to Islam has been presented to Sheikh Raed Salah. The award is hugely significant. At a time when the Israeli desecration...

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May 5, 2014

Egypt’s revolution two years on

Two years on from its 25 January Revolution, Egypt has taken significant steps towards establishing a new order. Several institutional pillars have been installed, foremost among which are the...

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May 5, 2014

Sectarian tensions are pushing Iraq to the brink

The blood that has been spilt in Syria over the past two years has polarised the country and the region along sectarian lines. But while Syria is fracturing, the...

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May 5, 2014

France’s record in the Middle East rules out any constructive role in Mali

Western military interventions in the Muslim world are at best muddled and at worst fraudulent. In 2003, the US led an invasion of Iraq for reasons that changed like...

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May 5, 2014

We are building a Tunisia for all

On Monday, Tunisia celebrates the second anniversary of its uprising against dictatorship. Through the sacrifices of generations of Tunisians, our country is now engaged in establishing a democratic society....

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May 5, 2014

Samer Al-Issawi: indomitable in the face of death

At the end of 2012, there were 4,656 Palestinian political prisoners being held in Israeli prisons and detention centres. That figure includes 178 administrative detainees, 11 women and 177...

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May 5, 2014

Ethnic cleansing is the only way for Israel to have a “united” Jerusalem

When Benjamin Netanyahu launched his election campaign this week he taunted the world community and cocked a snook at international law with a defiant pledge to build more settlements...

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