Joas Wagemakers is an assistant professor and post-doctoral research fellow of Islam and Arabic at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. In an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times, Wagemakers ...

When Islamic State (IS) militants threw a man to his death for being gay, the world predictably reacted with shock, outrage, and horror -- and that is all part of the plan. Like the now-commonplace ...

AMMAN, Jordan—Jordanian officials released the spiritual mentor of a former top al Qaeda leader, prompting some jihadists to suggest he would help unify the movement as militants fight in Syria's ...

In Egypt, the space for political dissent is as small as most can remember. A decade on from the Rabaa massacre, when at least 900 protesters were killed demonstrating against the overthrow of ...