This article looks at an interesting development in the Middle East. Across the region, girls and young women do markedly better in school than boys
Tag: Islam
What do ordinary citizens in the Arab world really think about the Islamic State? -Washington Post
This issue has already been discussed on this blog See: https://jtdevinemta.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/isis-has-almost-no-popular-support-in-egypt-saudi-arabia-or-lebanon-washington-institute/ However it is worth reiterating the point: “The findings were stark: Not many Arabs
In America, Muslims Are More Likely to Support Gay Marriage Than Evangelical Christians -Reason.com
The Orlando night-club shooting has been taken by some as evidence that Islam is intolerant and incompatible with North American morality and social values. This
Syrian Alawites distance themselves from Assad -BBC
This article is is significant for two reasons: First, it suggests there is dissatisfaction in the Alawi community with the Assad regime: “In a deeply
Why Brussels? -Various Sources
VOX asks Peter Neumann, a professor at King’s College London and the director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation why Brussels seems
French have positive views of both Jews, Muslims -PEW Research
“A Pew Research Center survey conducted last year shows that the French held more favorable views of both Jews and Muslims than many other Europeans.