Qamar-ul Huda among panel of experts on Syria
Religion News Service features a series of commentaries by experts on the probable military strike against Syria. The panel includes theologians, policy experts whether the U.S. s…
Published archive
Comment & Analysis
International perspectives and commentary from the Global Experts archive.
Archive
The Peace Process is Back
There are very good reasons to doubt that a revived peace process will deliver a two-state deal, or even much by way of progress. Kerry's statement was rife with uncertainty regar…
Assuming Collective Guilt
“Why have Muslims not condemned terrorism?†This question is a seemingly permanent fixture in the question-and-answer sessions I address after public forums. After responding…
Obadias Ndaba
Obadias Ndaba is President of World Youth Alliance, an international organization with consultative status with the United Nations and European Union, among other organizations.
Why Cairo is not burning...yet
It’s midnight in Cairo. Literally. President Mursi is droning on and on while I have been trying to sort out some of my thoughts on the computer keyboard before me. Egypt’s Pr…
The future of political Islam
The toppling of president Mohamed Morsi and his Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt last week has raised a host of deep and difficult questions about the future of politicised reli…
Russia, US should learn from history and clear air of antagonism
The US and Russia are not on the best of terms these days. A meeting between the US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the G8 summit on…
Syria, America and self-fulfilling prophecy
For about a year and a half, President Obama had been calling for the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria and at the same time—aside from a very modest and covert CIA missi…
A victory for reform, but Iran's real leader hasn't changed
A victory for reform, but Iran's real leader hasn't changed The election of conservative-cum-reformist Islamic cleric Hassan Rowhani to Iran's presidency represents an earnest des…
India-Afghanistan ties: implications on regional peace
India-Afghanistan ties: implications on regional peace Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is a shrewd politician, even more so as his term in office nears completion and uncer…
Syria: Proxy Theatre of War
If there is a constant in the history of the countries of the Levant, it is the conflict between the aspirations of their inhabitants for freedom, and the realpolitik that has led…
Tony Blair misreads Muslim terrorism
The Boston Marathon bombings (April 15, 2013) and the Woolwich, UKattack and murder (May 22, 2013) are grim reminders not only of the continued threat from militant religious extr…