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May 23, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.
May 22, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: In Brotherhood's Egypt, blasphemy charges against Christians surge ahead
A blasphemy trial against a Christian teacher in this Egyptian city renowned for its Pharaonic monuments is among a wave of cases that have Egyptian Christians worried they can be jailed for insulting Islam on the flimsiest of evidence.
May 21, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: A founder of the revolution is barred from office, shocking Iranians
The decision on Tuesday to bar the presidential candidacy of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a founding father of the revolution and a former president, shocked Iranians, particularly among the 70 percent of the population that is under 35 and grew up when he served in many leading positions.
May 18, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: Turkey's political imams: The Gulenists fight back
In a recent sermon Fethullah Gulen, Turkey’s most powerful Muslim cleric, preached against hubris. Delivered in rural Pennsylvania, where Mr Gulen lives in self-imposed exile, it was broadcast from his website with an electrifying effect. Was the holy man alluding to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian prime minister?
May 10, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Sword of division is poised over Iraq
Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both.
May 08, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamists rely on TV sheiks to woo the masses in Egypt
Secular youth used Facebook and Twitter two years ago to help topple President Hosni Mubarak from power, but now Salafi Islamists are gaining sway in Egypt because of TV sheiks like Khaled Abdullah.
May 06, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Iran warns Syrian rebels after report of shrine desecration
Iran’s Shiite leaders warned of regional sectarian conflict after reports that Syrian rebels raided a Shiite shrine in a suburb of Damascus last week, destroying the site and making off with the remains of the revered Shiite figure buried there.
April 28, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Iraq revokes licenses of Al Jazeera and 9 other TV channels
Iraq’s government on Sunday revoked the operating licenses of Al Jazeera and nine other television channels, saying that they were inciting sectarian conflict.
April 25, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Culture war erupts in Israel over attempts to end preferential budgets for ultra-Orthodox
A cultural war has erupted between Israel’s rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals.
April 23, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Al-Qaida offshoot on run in Mali fights back with soft power via Twitter
Battered by a French-led military campaign in Mali, al-Qaida’s North African arm is trying something new to stay relevant: Twitter.
April 23, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In Egypt, anger at Islamists brings calls for military to reclaim power
As Egypt’s economy crumbles and its democratic transition falters, some opponents of the country’s Islamist president are pinning their hopes on unlikely saviors: the powerful generals who have been mostly sidelined since last year’s elections.
April 18, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: At desert monastery, Egypt's monks join new Christian assertiveness in face of Islamist power
In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. At the foot of the mountain, the monks at the St. Anthony’s Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition.
April 11, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Women challenge Orthodox practice at Israel’s Western Wall
A long-running battle over worship at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest shrine , was rejoined Thursday as Israeli police arrested five Jewish women who wore prayer shawls at a morning service, contrary to Orthodox practice enforced at the site.
April 09, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Al-Qaida Iraq branch announces merger with Syrian militant group
Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq said it has merged with Syria’s extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, a move that shows the rising confidence of radicals within the Syrian rebel movement and is likely to trigger renewed fears among its international backers.
April 09, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Egypt’s Coptic pope blasts Islamist president over handling of recent sectarian violence
The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday blasted the country’s Islamist president over his handling of recent deadly sectarian violence, including an attack on the main cathedral in Cairo.
April 03, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Volunteers crisscross borders as Islamist extremism goes global
Here in the heartland of Libyan extremism, Islamist militia leaders solemnly portray themselves as peaceful guardians of security and stability. But ask them about Syria, and their eyes light up.
March 29, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope extends hand of friendship to “Muslim brothers and sisters” during Good Friday rite
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to “so many Muslim brothers and sisters” during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of Christians from terrorism, war and religious fanaticism in the Middle East.
March 28, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Islamist militancy quietly makes inroads in post-revolution Tunisia
One night last December, national guardsmen burst into the hospital emergency room in this mountain town leading a young man, handcuffed and shot through the right buttock.
March 20, 2013 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Obama message may not resonate with Israeli youth
By choosing to deliver his landmark speech to Israel in an auditorium filled with students and young people, President Obama is once again turning to a core audience that has always been responsive to his message of hope and change.
March 14, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: Muslim Brotherhood’s statement on women stirs liberals’ fears
During its decades as an underground Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood has long preached that Islam required women to obey their husbands in all matters.
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