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Interview with the Bahraini Dissident Nabeel Rajab
''Our regime has to leave''
The Formula One Grand Prix took place in Bahrain as planned despite a storm of criticism and days of demonstrations. Kersten Knipp spoke to human rights activist Nabil Rajab about the situation
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Interview with Hazem Saghieh
Beyond the Authority of Religion and the Rule of Family Clans
The Lebanese political analyst and opinion-maker Hazem Saghieh is one of the foremost liberal thinkers in the Arab world. He has just published a book in which he analyses why democratic modernisation has failed to make much headway in Arab countries so far. Rachid Boutayeb spoke with him on the subject
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Iraq after the Withdrawal of US Troops
A ''Stable'' Country Teetering on the Brink
After the withdrawal of the Americans from Iraq, the governing coalition in Baghdad is imploding, the dispute between Shia and Sunni is escalating and several provinces are striving for autonomy. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad
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Saudi Arabia's Flawed Iraq Strategy
The Iranian Wolf at the Kingdom's Door
The Saudis fear that the departure of US troops from Iraq would represent a sweeping victory for Iran, which has no military presence in Iraq, but is the strongest player there. But, says Mai Yamani in her commentary, this defeat is partly self-inflicted
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Stefan Meining's Book on the History of the Islamist Scene in Germany
A Mosque in Munich
In his book Eine Moschee in Deutschland (A Mosque in Germany), Stefan Meining claims that the Islamist scene in Germany was systematically nurtured by the intelligence services. At the centre of the story is a mosque in Munich. But is there any truth behind the alleged connections to al-Qaeda and the terrorist attacks of 11 September? A review by Claudia Mende
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Reformist Islam after Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Who Will Protect the Koran from Itself?
July 5th was the first anniversary of the death of the progressive Koranic scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd. A summit meeting in his memory took place recently in Germany, where a select group of reformist thinkers discussed the innovation of Islam and the problems associated with it. By Angela Schader
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Islam's Internal Debate on Reform
The Battle for Interpretational Supremacy
Whether it is about a ban on burkas or minarets, on integration and mainstream culture, or the triumphal procession of raving critics of Islam the likes of Geert Wilders – Europe is obsessed with the discussion on Islam and, in the process, it is occasionally forgotten that the Muslim world is confronted with similar issues. By Christian H. Meier