Contact Britain’s Grooming Gangs: Part 2

Sadly, in the case of Britain’s grooming gangs, religious ideology does not play a role in forbidding child sexual grooming.
Oman Visit Only Latest Point of Support for Israel

Subtle message is that Iran is the problem and Muscat’s gesture is good for the Middle East
Iran’s ‘Phoney War’

Teheran prefers to strike directly only at weak and peripheral enemies, while acting against stronger ones through proxies. Is this distinction sustainable?
Iran’s Imploding Strategy

Human species could face extinction after sperm count halves in a generation. The quality of male sperm is falling every YEAR due to lack of men exercising Scientists issue public health warning that more men could become infertile.
Qatar Seeks Role in Negotiations Between Israel and Hamas

Qatar has been seeking to play a relevant role in Israel’s Gaza policy amid the crisis with Hamas that has unfolded over the last six months.
U.S. Needs to Draw a Line in the Sand with Iran Over Yemen

No need to repeat mistakes of Afghanistan, but Washington must make it clear to Tehran that it will block bases and weapons in Yemen with airstrikes.
Human Rights: Other Views – Part III

Refugees and the Arab States
Stay Out of Yemen

The United States is already militarily involved in Yemen, with special forces targeting al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives who are then attacked by American drones.
Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its Allies in the Middle East

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s outlining of 12 conditions that Iran would need to meet in order to make possible a new nuclear deal amounts to a call for the wholesale reversal of Iranian regional strategy. The conditions stated are not only, or primarily, concerned with the nuclear program.
Human Rights: Other Views – Part II

We have seen in Part One of this article how far Western standards of human rights differ from those guaranteed by Islam. One obvious outcome of this disparity is, of course, that citizens of Muslim countries are accorded fewer rights than their counterparts in liberal democracies.