Raza Rumi Speaks Out on Countering Violent Extremism

by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, Editor, ISLAMiCommentary on February 18, 2016: In November I had a chance to sit down with policy analyst, journalist, and…

China: Braving the Storm

China has so far braved many storms. However, this time it will be a test of its political leadership and economic managers to set…

Mystical power

Philip Jenkins writes why Sufi Muslims, for centuries the most ferocious soldiers of Islam, could be our most valuable allies in the fight against…

The Great War for Civilisation

Robert Fisk is the boldest and the most brilliant frontline reporter/journalist of his generation (I have avoided the term ‘war correspondent’ as he dislikes…

Iran – Navigating the labyrinth

In the West, experts on Iran can be divided into two broad categories: academics/scholars and journalists. Nikki Keddie (academic) and Robin Wright (journalist) in…