Yusuf al-Qaradawi: False Moderate and True Radical?
By Tommaso Virgili The request addressed by some Arab states to Qatar to shut down the Al-Jazeera media network has...
Akbari Sufism: Ibn Arabi, History and Text
In Al-Mesbar’s 131st monthly book, we share further knowledge of Sufism, popular Islam, and traditional and parallel religiosity — by...
The Fate of Extremists: The Stubborn Jurist
In the Spring of 1991, several angry youth gathered around sheikh Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Athemein (d. 2001) following the...
Stephen William Hawking, R.I.P
Adam Garfinkle Stephen William Hawking died this morning in Cambridge, England at the age of 76. He was without question...
The Fate of Extremists: A Thin Thread
by Mansour Alnogaidan In April 1998, Saudi King Fahd bin Abdulaziz paid a visit to the region of Al-Qasim region,...
A Dialogue of Civilizations? Relational Ethnicity and Islam in China
Dru C. Gladney This paper is part of Al-Mesbar’s 105th monthly book, which addresses the status of Islam and Muslims...
Al Mesbar Meets a Delegation from the European Parliament
On March 8, 2018, Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre met a delegation from the European Parliament to discuss various...
The Fate of the Extremists: Seduction of the Ignorant
by Mansour Alnogaidan In September 1994, Saudi Arabia arrested dozens of Islamists on charges of incitement. Three months later, the...
Al-Khansaa Battalion: Jihadist Brides in ISIS
by Rita Faraj The terrorist organization ISIS has taken pains to recruit women in its apparatus. On February 2, 2014,...
Joseph Braude on “Broadcasting Change”
Author Joseph Braude discusses the book "Broadcasting Change" at the Al-Mesbar Center for Studies and Research in Dubai.
The development of religious authority in Iran
After the Islamic conquest of the Persian Empire, many Persians converted to Islam and, over time, came to embrace its...
