Introduction to Islam: An Online Text | Middle East Institute
WEBJan 24, 2012 · Islamic Law - The Shariah. The Qur'an is the principal source of Islamic law, the Sharia. It contains the rules by which the Muslim world is governed (or should govern itself) and forms the basis for relations between man and God, between individuals, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, as well as between man and things which are part of creation.
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WEB1 day ago · Arabian Peninsula Affairs. MEI’s Arabian Peninsula Affairs program aims to enhance U.S. understanding of the major issues and opportunities in front of the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council who are key political, security, and economic partners for the United States.
Key environmental challenges facing the Middle East
WEBApr 22, 2021 · The Middle East and North Africa faces a host of major environmental challenges, from water scarcity and food insecurity to climate change adaptation. In recognition of Earth Day on April 22 and in conjunction with MEI's Climate Week 2021 events, we asked experts and scholars to weigh in with their thoughts on the most pressing environmental issues facing the region.
Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords?
WEBSep 14, 2022 · Two years after the signing of the Abraham Accords, progress in developing relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors has achieved mixed results, opening up some greater cooperation in the security sphere but failing to change Arab publics' minds due to the lack of movement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Orientalism and Religion - Middle East Institute
WEBApr 20, 2012 · Originally posted September 2009. A decade or so ago, when I first wrote about Edward Said’s Orientalism in the preface to a series of papers on Orientalism and Medieval Studies — collected by myself and edited by Larry J. Simon in the journal Medieval Encounters — I was most preoccupied by the possibility of applying Said’s three modes of Orientalism — academic, imaginative, and ...
The 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy: How ... - Middle East …
WEBMay 2, 2023 · Read in PDF. Background. On March 2, 2023, the Biden administration released the new National Cybersecurity Strategy, replacing the 2018 Trump administration Cybersecurity Strategy.The new strategy builds on the previous one, continuing the momentum on many of its priorities while seeking to carry forward and evolve many of the strategic efforts originally initiated by the 2008 Comprehensive ...
Gen. (ret.) John Abizaid - Middle East Institute
WEBJohn P. Abizaid is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute. He is a retired US Army four-star General, who most recently served as the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Addressing challenges to tolerance and religious diversity in Iraq
WEBJul 5, 2023 · Iraq has long had a troubled history with its ethno-religious minorities, one full of oppression and violence. This was true under the Ba’athist regime and continued after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, reaching a nadir with the rise of the Islamic State terrorist group. Although Iraq is now enjoying its most stable period in the past two decades, it is also a case study of the pernicious ...
The Taliban’s religious roadmap for Afghanistan
WEBJan 26, 2022 · After a grueling 20-year campaign, America concluded its war in Afghanistan where it started: with the Taliban in charge. But this isn’t your father’s Taliban. In recognition of their need for a firmer ideological base and their desire to establish a purely Islamic system, the Taliban rulers are gradually putting together the framework for their new ideological state.
The Iranian Revolution of February 1979 - Middle East Institute
WEBJan 29, 2009 · The revolution of February 1979 was a revolt of the society against the state. In some of its basic characteristics, the revolution did not conform to the usual norms of Western revolutions, because the state did not represent just an ordinary dictatorship but an absolute and arbitrary system that lacked political legitimacy and a social base virtually across the whole of the society.