The Bibical prophet Samuel told of God's command to completely destroy the Amalekites. Israel believes they have a mandate to do this now.

Christianity is declining in the West, but growing in Africa. What are the factors causing this and how will it turn out?

Muslims are weak on democracy. Democracy is essential because it is the fertilizer for a market-based economy to prosper.

A coup is a sudden and unlawful seizure of power from a government. The circumstances are ripening for such an event in Saudi Arabia

That’s how old this blog site is. Our first blog was posted on December 2, 2020, and 116 blogs later, we’re still here. We have had many...

For the last 50 years, Christianity in Britain has declined significantly. Now, Iran has the same symptoms.

The biggest Giga project of them all in Saudi Arabia is a 105-mile-long, 150-story skyscraper capable of housing 9 million residents.

According to Israel's Population and Immigration Authority, Mohammad was ranked the most popular name given to newborns in Israel in 2021.

The Ukrainian war is eerily reminiscent of a Russian attempt to achieve Mackinder’s “Heartland Theory.”

This is a summary of an article by Norvell De Atkine that appeared in the Middle East Quarterly in 1999.

Muslims, as a group, do not fare so well in a free-speech, free-market economy.

"Hello, Commander!" This title is the English translation of a new Persian song, "Salam Farmandeh," sung by schoolchildren in Islamic...

This week's blog is about climate change and how it will affect the Hajj in the coming years. I have run across four...

First, thanks to Wikipedia Commons for the fine pictures of the camels in the Jordan Valley. Second, if you have not heard this video...

It's time for the Hajj, and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has revealed the official Hajj 2022 logo, which is displayed...

Less than a month ago, on May 26, 2022, the national spokesperson for the ruling political party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party...

Last week I posted an article about the headscarves and head coverings worn by Muslim women. This week, I thought I should give equal...

On March 20, the Taliban finally decided what their flag would be. Back in August 2021, the Taliban booted the US out of Afghanistan. So,...

This topic got my attention when I saw an article about K.V. Rabiya, an Indian Muslim woman who received the Padma Shri, that country’s...

A few months back, I stumbled upon an article that mentioned that keeping dogs as pets in Islam is haram. I spent a little time...