طیب اردوغان – داعش کا اصل قصائی خلیفہ: ترکی کے سرحدی قصبے سروک میں شامی نژاد کرد خاتون مہاجر کا خاندان ان بدقسمت خاندانوں میں سے ایک ہے جو داعش کے دھشت گردوں کے حملے کے وقت بروقت شام میں ترکی کی سرحد کے قریب واقع کوبانی
Time to kick Turkey out of NATO?: The Kurdish town of Kobane in western Syria is under siege by the Islamic State. A U.S.-led coalition has hit at the jihadists sieging Kobane—with 13 strikes on Wednesday and Thursday—but bombs alone may not suffice. It is the
Saudi Arabia, Qatar funding extremism: British commander: A former British commander in Iraq says that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are accountable for globally spreading extremism. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, General Jonathan Shaw said that both of the Arab states have ignited a “time
Saudis against the ISIS: sea change? – Dr Mohammad Taqi: Editor’s note: While Dr Taqi legitimately highlights the Saudi roots of global Salafi Wahhabi terrorism and its key role in the spread of ISIS and other similar terror outfits across the globe, it is also important to take into
Iran, the Thinkable Ally – Roger Cohen: LONDON — Breakfast last week in New York with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran was a cordial affair, bereft of the fireworks of his predecessor, whose antics made headlines and not much more. Rouhani, flanked by his twinkly-eyed foreign
The Destruction of Mecca – Ziauddin Sardar: WHEN Malcolm X visited Mecca in 1964, he was enchanted. He found the city “as ancient as time itself,” and wrote that the partly constructed extension to the Sacred Mosque “will surpass the architectural beauty of India’s Taj
The Ancestors of ISIS – David Motadel: CAMBRIDGE, England — IN the last few years, there has been a dramatic rise of a seemingly new type of polity: the Islamic rebel state. Boko Haram in West Africa, the Shabab in East Africa, the Islamic Emirate