And like Trump, Netanyahu also has political reasons for wanting to stoke the flames of discord between himself and the two Muslim congresswomen. The prime minister is weak and desperate to remain in his job after Israel’s upcoming elections on Sept. 17, which could help him stay out of..…
Many Muslims perceive a Jewish community that labels any criticism of Israel as antisemitic, and many Jews see a Muslim community for which Israel can do no right. . ... Likewise, we should expect our Muslim interfaith partners to call out those who misuse criticism of..…
The battleground's lay of the land has changed recent years with United Arab Emirates as entrant, Saudi focus on the kind of ultra-conservatism it seeks to promote, and Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's efforts since 2015 to impose control and force Al-Azhar to revise its allegedly conservative and antiquated..…
In early June 2019, for example, he rejected flagrantly Tehran’s initiative for HAMAS and Syria to reconcile on account of the HAMAS cooperation with Iran and the HizbAllah against Israel. Assad justified the refusal by arguing that the HAMAS remained part of the Muslim Brothers’..…