Karen E. Young, London School of Economics and Political Science
The interventionist foreign policy of the Gulf states is increasingly at odds with their economic security.
Tshwane Executive Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, surrounded by school pupils and officials, samples the metropole’s free internet service.
Pretoria News/Masi Losi
That South Africa has voted against rights enshrined in its globally celebrated, progressive constitution suggests a troubling indifference to its human rights commitments.
Thousands killed, millions displaced, a country in ruins: when will the international community act to end the violence?
The century since the first world war is littered with the broken promises of Muslim rulers to bring about a transition to more representative forms of government.
AAP/Asmaa Abdelatif
The rise of Islamic State and its declaration of the caliphate can be read as part of a wider story that has unfolded since the formation of modern nation states in the Muslim world.
Free Syrian Army fighters on their smartphones.
Jalal Al-mamo/Reuters
In seeking to link IS to earlier Islamic movements, Western commentators have associated the jihadist group with the medieval Ismailis, made famous in Europe by returning Crusaders as the Assassins.
Islam is a rich and varied religion.
EPA/Sanjeev Gupta
Since Islam is predicated on law, variations in the interpretation of that law – along with geography and distinct legal schools – have all contributed to differences in the religion.
Will oil ever bounce back?
Mikael Tigerström / Flickr
When you pick apart the strange economics of global energy markets, it becomes clear how the incredible power of Riyadh can take other countries to the brink.
Filipina mom leaves home for work in Qatar, January 12, 2015.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Senior Research Fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at IUPUI and Journalist-fellow, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences