Tag: Egypt
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The Saudi, Qatari dogfight and Al Jazeera’s fluctuating fortunes
If there is one group the Saudis fear and suspect more than Iran and Shiaism, it is the Muslim Brotherhood. Iran is an outside power. Brothers are available even within Saudi society…
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Bahrain key if Saudi-Iran lock is to be opened
The key to a Riyadh-Tehran rapprochement is Bahrain. A 37 Km causeway links Saudi Arabia’s oil bearing, Shia dominated Eastern province to this small Kingdom, which is also home to the US…
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Does Indian PM's Tehran visit indicate correction of a tilt?
A narrow-focus policy centered on Gulf remittances and oil was devised which bent New Delhi in one direction like the tower of Pisa.
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Mecca Summit: Peace initiative or one-upmanship
The Western media has been predicting the fall of Bashar al Assad for the past year. An externally induced civil war is on the cards but the collapse of the regime has…
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West sets up the war within Islam
When the US, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan got into a scrum to launch a programme of manufacturing triple distilled mujahideen Islam in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets the seeds were sown for…
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For love of democracy West prefers Islamisation in Syria
The negative media focus on Syria in recent months has erased from minds the continuing reality: the country is among the few remaining parts of the Arab world where elegant, gracious living…