Thema: Arabische Welt

„Die heutigen Dschihadisten des IS kehren zur ursprünglichen Lehre des Ibn Abdalwahhab zurück. Der hatte im 18. Jahrhundert beklagt, dass sich die Bewohner der Arabischen Halbinsel von der ursprünglichen Reinheit ihrer Religion weit entfernt hätten, er forderte eine umfassende Reform des Islams. Er wollte einen bedingungslosen Monotheismus, den ‚tauhid‘, herstellen.…

„Shiite militiamen participating in the Iraqi government’s recent Fallujah offensive may have abducted hundreds of men and boys and killed dozens of them, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said July 5, BBC reported. Al-Hussein said nearly 900 men and boys from the village of Saqlawiya are…

„In einem legt sich der Untersuchungsbericht jedoch nicht fest: ob die Irak-Intervention an sich falsch oder gar illegal gewesen sei. Schon gar nicht lässt sich aus ihm Nahrung für die Legende ziehen, der gewaltsame Sturz eines der mörderischsten und aggressivsten Tyrannen der neueren Geschichte sei die Ursache für das aktuelle…

„A highway overpass in Fallujah is plastered with Shiite banners, graffiti and posters of militia leaders, a virtual shrine to victory over the Islamic State group in this majority Sunni Muslim city. The fight to wrest Fallujah from IS control appears to have inflicted considerably less damage to the city’s…

„In Iraqi Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of Iraq where I have lived and worked for the last four years, signs of support for the US and UK can be found in the strangest of places and in the most unique forms. From stars and stripes taxi seat covers to a…

„Thirteen years after the war in Iraq, Britain remains deeply ambivalent about its involvement in the US-led intervention as part of the ‚War on Terror‘ in the post-9/11 era. The war has cost us dearly in blood and treasure and many wonder: was is worth it? Imagine the counter-factual scenario of…

Von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken Es war Adels Traum, Tänzer zu werden. Und dieser Traum erfüllte sich im April 2016, als er das erste Mal öffentlich in Jordanien auftreten konnte. Männer, die tanzen und Musik lieben, sind Islamisten aller Couleur natürlich ein Dorn im Auge, so wie die ganze Mall…

„‚When I tried to kill myself, it was like the devil filled my head,‘ she says, twisting her hands in her lap, her voice flat and expressionless. ‚I don’t remember much about it. All I could think about was that we have nothing, our lives will never improve, and I…

„The Obama administration has proposed a new agreement on Syria to the Russian government that would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against some terrorists in exchange for Russia getting the Assad regime to stop bombing U.S.-supported rebels. The United States transmitted the text of the proposed agreement to…

„According to the upcoming report from the House Benghazi Committee, President Barack Obama skipped his personal daily intelligence briefing the day after he 2012 Benghazi attacks. The revelation is buried in one of the appendices to the 800-page report released by the Republican-controlled committee Tuesday. (…) That day’s briefing contained…

„Some young Arabs want Islam, the religion of Muslims, to be separated from politics and governments in Middle Eastern countries. Faisal Saeed Al-Mutar is a writer and humanist. He is a former refugee from Iraq. He created the Global Secular Humanist Movement in 2009 to support human interests and the…

„Families of fallen soldiers have accused the Assad regime of burning the corpses of their children and disfiguring them in order to avoid paying compensation to the soldiers’ families. Al-Souria Net learned from two families of fallen Syrian army soldiers that the regime is resorting to this behavior because of…

Ein 23jähriger Kuwaiti hat seinen eigenen Bruder erschlagen. Weil der während des gerade stattfindenden Ramadan nicht gefastet und gebetet hatte, warf ihm der Täter vor, vom Glauben abgefallen zu sein, was im konservativen Islam als todeswürdiges Verbrechen gilt und in einigen muslimischen Ländern von Amts wegen mit der Todesstrafe sanktioniert…

„Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and breakdown of the Iraqi state, ethno-sectarian partition has become a popular political mantra. The assumption is that a federal state based on three autonomous regions – Sunni Arab, Shiite Arab and Kurd – is the most realistic way to stabilize Iraq…

„After almost two decades of silenced guns, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) decided earlier this year to resume its decades-long campaign for self-rule in the country. ‚We want to be closer to our people and we want the Islamic Republic to listen to our demands,‘ said Khalid Azizi,…