Saudi religious moderation: the world’s foremost publisher of Qur’ans has yet to get the message

The ex-Saudi Intelligence Chief Turki Al-Faisal this weekend revealed that secret Israel-Saudi relations date back as far as 25 years. According to Qatari newspaper Al-Arab, Al-Faisal was intervie

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On 17 April 2021, the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of a major foreign narcotics smuggler in the south of the country. The forei

Iraq is in total chaos from two unconnected threats to its very existence.  On the one hand domestic protesters have brought the country to a standstill with their demands for a total clear-out of t

All medical personnel at Al-Azhar University Hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus, Al-Jazeera reported. Consequently on 13 May 2020, The Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS) called for an i