Opinion

Scholarly work debunks Islam-West divide

Saturday 25 May 2013
While scholarly work has debunked the idea of incompatibility of Islam with Western values, it has not really changed this dominant perception pervading political discou
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Fighters blame Putin for prolonged Syrian battle

Saturday 25 May 2013
Khalid Dayli, a 23-year-old fighter with Syria’s opposition forces, when he watched a news channel reporting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to
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It’s time for West to act in Syria

Saturday 25 May 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry and 10 European and Arab foreign ministers gathered in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday night to again talk about helping Syria’s fighte
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Al-Sho’ala: Bahrain’s labor minister and college mate

Friday 24 May 2013
DURING one of my visits to Bahrain, I decided to see Labor Minister Abdulnabi Al-Sho’ala as he had been in the news. At the time, I used to edit Malayalam and Urdu dailies.
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The Woolwich murder

Friday 24 May 2013
The brutal murder of a British soldier near an army barracks in Woolwich, London, has the hallmarks of a militant mindset.
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Don’t link religion with terror

Friday 24 May 2013
There is no justification for the killing of innocent people because of their ethnicity or religious background.
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War in Syria

Friday 24 May 2013
This refers to the column “War in Syria: US political impotence in the Middle East.” I think it is not impotence as such but admission of crude realism and pragmatism.
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Rising rents

Friday 24 May 2013
This refers to the article “Rising rents push tenants to the wall” (May 23). Indeed, the soaring rents of apartments have become a big issue.
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EDITORIAL: Mideast peace: Why is Kerry bothering?

Friday 24 May 2013
FEW people are giving US Secretary of State John Kerry’s fourth and latest visit to the Middle East much chance of success in rekindling the fading embers of a Palestinian settlement.
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EDITORIAL: Guarding against disasters

Friday 24 May 2013
THE change in weather patterns in the Kingdom has led to torrential rains in recent years.
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