By James M. Dorsey Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith
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by Neville Teller The tiny state of Qatar has spent most of the past thirty years fighting for a prominent position on the world stage. It has won
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Back in December 2020 the Jerusalem Post reported that “some of Israel’s highest echelons” expected normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia to
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Two decades of snail pace revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references to Jews, Christians, and Shiites suggest a willingne
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Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of
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On 16 January 2021,United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation reported that foreign minister, Abdullah bin
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China would like the world to believe that the Middle East and North Africa region does not rank high on its totem pole despite its energy dependence,
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On 8 January 21, the Saudi Ministry of Defence released footage documenting aerial manoeuvres of Saudi aircraft, B-52 strategic bombers, and F-16 airc
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Silent about rising sectarian violence in Pakistan, Gulf states vying for religious soft power risk exposing the limitations of their concepts of an u
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