The Origins and Uses of Improbable Beliefs
H ere in the United States we are just past Christmas. In my suburban Washington neighborhood of Wheaton, most houses...
Crisis of Iran: Water, Migration, Sanctions
It is widely recognized that Iran has been infiltrating several Arab and African countries, undermining civil institutions and weakening the...
Iran from Within: Policies and Failure
Iranian studies have flourished in recent decades and become a central field of inquiry for Arab and Western researchers, strategists,...
Popular Islam: Faith, Ritual, and Models
“Popular religion” draws life from local customs and traditions, and varies from one society to the next. Since its inception...
Terrorism in America, Again Adam Garfinkle, special to al-Mesbar, Oct. 29, 2018
In just the past week two major incidents of domestic terrorism have occurred in the United States, one deadly and...
Al-Mesbar Executive Director Omar El-Torabi Among Honorees of the International Global Hope Coalition Gala Awards in New York
L to R: Tunisian MP Bochra Belhaj Hmida, Syrian-Danish Imam Sherin Khankan, and Al-Mesbar Executive Director...
Expertise in Countering Urban Street Gangs can be used to Fight Jihadists
Word is out that Washington’s traditional Arab allies, alarmed at rising terror threats, have been trying to counter jihadist groups...
The U.S.-Turkish Unraveling and the Arabs
Relations between the United States and Turkey have been poor for most of the past decade, at least as measured...
The Muslim Brotherhood and a Longing for Secrecy
Despite their denials of involvement in clandestine activity, many Islamist clerics are in fact quite active in Muslim Brotherhood organizations...
Why Should We Teach Philosophy?
The teaching of philosophy in the Arab world faces a double problem. The first relates to the fact that educational...
How the Hizmet works: Islam, dialogue and the Gülen movement in Australia
The story of the Gülen Movement in Australia has never been documented in any great detail and conse- quently is...
