Toward Gender Equality in the Middle East
By Dyna Fayz* The Qur’an, often used by religious conservatives in the Middle East and North Africa to justify the...
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Sufi Followers of Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab
By Haytham Mouzahem A few years ago, Al-Mesbar Center published a book entitled "Sufism in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.”...
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The Fate of Extremists: Too Stubborn to Recruit
In 1996, A. Z. was arrested for attempted murder for attacking A.A. with a butcher’s knife after the dawn prayer....
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After Qatar
Since Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ascended to Qatar’s throne in 1995 following a palace coup against his father, the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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