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December 2017

Don’t be fooled by the comforting rhetoric coming from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince

Editor's Picks, Saudi Arabia /

At a recent global investment event in Riyadh, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced his plans to build a global megacity, NEOM, on the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia over the next 10 years. To increase investor confidence in the kingdom, he reassured the world that Saudis want to “return to a moderate Islam […]

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A Brief History Of Donald Trump Stoking Islamophobia

Perspective /

President Donald Trump is once again promoting anti-Muslim propaganda. On Wednesday, the president retweeted a series of overtly Islamophobic videos shared by British far-right activist Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader for the anti-Muslim group Britain First. The videos purportedly show Muslims committing violent crimes ― but, like many things on social media, they are misleading. One video, captioned

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Meet the Hawkish Saudi Minister Leading the Kingdom’s Proxy Wars With Iran and Lebanon

Editor's Picks, Iran, Saudi Arabia /

Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, relies on a small core group of advisers, none more provocative than Thamer al-Sabhan, the fiercely anti-Iran government official whose fingerprints were on the hurried and ultimately unsuccessful resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister earlier this month. As Saudi minister for Gulf affairs, al-Sabhan has a hand in helping shape

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German public broadcasters drop Roger Waters over BDS support

Blogs, Israel, Middle East, Palestine /

German public broadcasters have dropped plans to air concerts next year by British ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, citing what they call “accusations of anti-Semitism against him”. Waters is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian human rights. The artist, part of one of the most critically-acclaimed and commercially-successful rock bands from 1965-1985 before going solo, is

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