Posted on Wed, July 21, 2010 at 22:17 pm CEST
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The Survival of Traditional Regimes in the Persian Gulf

If you had told experts in the mid-1960s that a half-century later every king and emir then ruling in the Persian Gulf would still be there, most would have been astonished… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Bahrain • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Kuwait • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • United Arab Emirates • Wahhabism 
Posted on Thu, April 22, 2010 at 01:21 am CEST
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Waarom Je Mij Niet Op Al-Jazeera Zal Zien

Dat professor Barry Rubin niet op zijn achterhoofd is gevallen wisten we al wel, maar de scherpte die hij hier aan de dag legt geeft wel aan dat hij oprecht en met veel deskundigheid het Midden Oosten analyseert. Barry Rubin is namelijk helemaal niet… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Nederlands • Peace Process • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, January 20, 2010 at 11:16 am CET
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Islamism versus Nationalism

Forget about the moderate mythology fed the Western public by its media. Forget the comforting nonsense about reasonable masses held back from being humanitarian democrats only by manipulative dictatorships. Here’s a glimpse of what the region is really like… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Palestinian Authority