by Nadia Dala | 7 Nov 2018 | Africa, Europe, Human Rights, Islam, Middle East, Terrorism, Women's rights
By Nadia Dala Both Islamic jihadist movements and Islamic governments that are trying to counter jihadism are relying on women to win over the hearts of Muslims. Women in jihadist circles are child-bearing, silent recruiters, while governments in some parts of the...
by News Decoder | 7 Nov 2017 | Decoders, Middle East, Student Posts, Syria
Rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, aspirants for leadership of the Islamic world, is at the crux of conflict across the Mideast, with deadly results. An Iranian woman in Tehran holds up a poster showing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Saudi Shiite...
by News Decoder | 3 Oct 2017 | Middle East, Student Posts, Syria, Terrorism
By Chermaine Tay Islamic State fighters are on the run in Syria, squeezed on all sides by armed opponents whose only common goal is to annihilate the militant group. The eventual defeat of ISIS would be welcomed by their many disparate foes, who range from the Syrian...
by Tania Bagan | 26 Jun 2017 | Decoders, Donald Trump, Islam, Middle East, Student Posts, Terrorism, United States
The region is energy-rich, torn by conflict and at the center of a struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran. All reasons why the blockade of Qatar matters. A container ship in Doha, Qatar, 14 June 2017. (EPA/Noushad thekkayil) The region holds about half of the...
by News Decoder | 5 Jun 2017 | Europe, Islam, Student Posts, Terrorism
Video shot from Lorenzo Raffaele’s London flat on June 3. Below are reflections by two students of King’s College London on the attacks in London on Saturday in which militants killed seven people and injured another 48. It could have been me. –...