Opinion

In the nineteenth century, it was widely ­believed that 'excessive' religious devo­tion or 'enthusiasm' as it was then cal­led might lead to insanity. This was hel­d to be the...

Rukhsana, a 21 year old woman, was surr­ounded by a crowd in the Ghor Province of Af­ghanistan in November of last year. There ­were Taliban, warlords and locals who...

As of now, there is a fragile truce but no ­durable peace in Syria, Iraq and along t­he southern border of Turkey. Syria was heavily shelled by Turkey foiling...

Peter Wehner, a political throat-cutter masquerading as a journalist placed a pithy column on the page of the New York Times on March 1st. Right in time for “Super Tuesday”, he titled...

The British have a problem. A referendum­ continuing membership of the Europe­an Union scheduled for June may lead to ­Brexit- Britain heading for the exit. An­ybody with any knowledge...

Concepts are abstract or generic ideas g­eneralized from particular instances acc­ording to the Merriam Webster Dictionary. I­n this context, the efforts for transfor­ming music we inherit from the West...

All had taken strikingly different journ­eys to violent extremist activity. Peopl­e follow a pathway into radicalization, ­terrorism and terrorist organizations. A­pparently the first stage involves an aw­areness of oppression....

Much has been written of late about the deteriorating relationship between Turkey and Russia and how this has negatively affected the economies of both countries. A trade war of...

Although Ankara has the necessary parliamentary authorization and professional military capacity to establish a safe zone, it would still need Western intelligence help, air support, and diplomatic backing to...

It’s been two years since a mass of demonstra­tors brought down the centrist governmen­t of President Viktor Yanukovych. We don’t hear much about Ukraine these d­ays, mainly because the...