Islam Commentary

Tunisia: The First Arab Islamocracy

Amitai Etzioni | Oct 26, 2011

Why the West shouldn't fear sharia.

Hossein Askari | Jun 08, 2011

Why the mullahs and the al-Sauds are almost as bad for Islam as the Bin Ladens of the world.

Anatol Lieven | Apr 07, 2011

The Pakistani counterinsurgency campaign has been both brutal and effective. But what happens when the army leaves?

Benny Morris | Apr 05, 2011

The movements in the Middle East have a long way to go before they reach true democracy.

Shadi Hamid | Feb 04, 2011

Opposition groups prize survival above all. Engage them early and often.

Benny Morris | Nov 15, 2010

Adherents of Islam share a transnational brotherhood that followers of other religions—and your average Westerner—can't begin to comprehend.

Michael Scheuer | Oct 29, 2010

Bin Laden is in vintage form with his new message threatening France.

Christopher Boucek | Oct 10, 2010

Al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen is now more dangerous than the original.

Shibley Telhami | Sep 21, 2010

Do Arab governments want to see a military attack on Iran?

Stuart Gottlieb | Sep 21, 2010

Obama's rhetoric alone can't change the opinions of Muslims abroad—or Americans at home.