CAIRO – Egypts former military detention camps, feared by all those who ended up there - but particularly by Islamists because of the "special treatment" often reserved to them: torture and beatings in an environment free from judicial oversight - have reopened. Their new occupants are political activists and an assortment of other "troublemakers," and human rights groups are calling it an outrage.
AMMAN -- An increasing number of visits by Lebanese officials and politicians to Damascus in a bid to speed up normalization between the two countries is intensifying the discord between the pro- and anti-Syrian forces in Lebanon.
EDITORIAL
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has long been on the receiving end of severe criticism for not doing enough to combat the scourge of terrorism. Indeed, some have even accused the Saudis of outright supporting certain Islamist groups who engaged in terrorism.
OPINION
One permanent fixture of contemporary life is the reality that whenever terrorists strike, everybody, including intelligence and security forces are "surprised" by the "surprise." Make no mistake. King Solomon was correct when he observed that "nothing is new under the sun."
PARIS -- Those who believe in the "clash of civilizations" also claim that Islam cannot flourish in the West without creating a threat there. However, such talk falls on deaf ears in France where Islam has been present since the Middle Ages, albeit in very small numbers initially.
