Such academic books are read by too few people to hope they might promote a better understanding of Islam. Meanwhile, the heavy hand of the censor across much of the Middle East denies Arab academics and journalists an intelligent counternarrative on the West. . ..…

In, the proximate cause behind the rise of Islamic State, al-Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al- Islam and numerous other Sunni Arab jihadist groups Syria and Iraq was Obama of intervention through proxies Syria.. ..…