In the Middle East the United States has nurtured a regressive, fundamentalist political Islam (useful in the CIA-directed war against the Soviets in Afghanistan and in closing off all progressive options in the Middle East) that insofar as it turns back and bites the hand that fed it—the..…

Although Abu Zubaydah knew bin Laden, the two held irreconcilably opposing views of Islam. The ideological antipathy between bin Laden and the leadership at Khalden was widely known among the mujahideen in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ..…

In Afghanistan, for example, Islam is the official state religion, stated explicitly in the constitution: “The sacred religion of Islam is the religion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.”3 The constitution also requires the president and vice president to belong..…

Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei A Iranian and diplomat has warned United States against direct military intervention against Syrian army, saying that would amount to suicide for American forces.. ..…

Consulate in the southern port city of Karachi as U.S diplomat was in the country trying to win support for war on Iraq.. ..…

Several new Muslim-majority states emerged in the Caspian basin and Central Asia from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, neighboring the self-declared 'Islamic Republics' of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. If Islam and cultural affinity were a basis for alliance formation and cooperation,..…

Such propaganda “may seem absurd today,” writes David Motadel in his comprehensive and discerning history, Islam and Nazi Germany’s War. ... In partnership with Saudi Arabia after the war, American strategists considered how a mobilized Islam might counter Soviet expansion in the..…

The in this new war is Islamic State Iraq and Syria, reactionary military force and would-be state that grew powerful as direct consequence of U.S and occupation of Iraq. ..…

By comparison, in countries where Islam is not legally favored, roughly a third or fewer Muslims say sharia should be the law of the land. ... The survey finds little evidence that attitudes toward violence in the name of Islam are linked to factors such as age, gender or education. ..…

Or will it continue to be a greedy, extractive power shying off from political responsibilities in Central Asia and leaving the mess in Afghanistan for others to clean up? ... Mikhail Klimentyev/ITAR-TASS/Corbis Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Kazakh President..…

In Afghanistan, where misinterpretation of Islam is a punishable offense, two people were sentenced by a Kabul court in September 2008 to 20 years in prison for publishing a Dari-language translation of the Koran that did not include the parallel Arabic verses for comparison purposes. .....…

Many Muslims Pakistan, Afghanistan, and, later, Fergana Valley were radicalized in madrasahs run by Deobandis, members of Sunni Islam sect that was established British India in the century. ..…

It has been sort of reawakening of times of old, I will say, said Deputy Director Justin Poole of National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency, one of the 17 agencies and offices that make up U.S intelligence community.. ..…