Is Wahhabism responsible for atheism in the Arab World?
Wahhabism is an Islamic doctrine named after author Mohammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-92) in Najd, Saudi Arabia. Incidentally, ibn Abd al-Wahhab …
Did Arabs “colonise” North Africa?
Colonialism remains a contested concept: there exists no widespread agreement amongst academics upon what it should be properly defined as. …
Are North Africans really “Arabs”?
1. Background In August 2017, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi confirmed that his government would be pushing ahead with new …
Sunni-Shia sectarianism before and after Britain’s invasion of Iraq
On the morning of February 22, 2006, a series of bombs brought one of Shia Islam’s holiest sites, al-Askari Mosque, …