Last month, Wadah Khanfar, erstwhile Director General of Al Jazeera and now President of the Sharq Forum, an independent think tank dedicated to developing long-term strategies for Mideast development and social justice, visited London. Appearing at the Frontline Club , Middle East monitor , London School of Economics and the Chaltham House , Khanfar discussed the Arab Spring, Al Jazeera, and political Islam.

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Wadah Khanfar Discusses The Arab Spring, Al Jazeera, and Political Islam

TEHRAN — A fiery anti-Israel speech by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered shortly after a successful Iranian satellite launch, added to growing global tensions Friday, as Israel warned that it might mount a preemptive strike against the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities despite U.S. objections. Read full article > >

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Khamenei: Iran will back ‘any nations, any groups’ fighting Israel

This article, written by Islam Issa, appeared on Comment Middle East on February 2,2012 Sport shouldn’t kill. But yesterday, it did. The match looked tense, but to be honest, it was a good game of football. Al-Ahly went in leading at half-time, but the Port Said club, Al-Masry, managed to get three goals in the second half to ensure an emphatic and atmospheric finish.

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Football’s Attempted Murder of the Revolution

Pakistan’s foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, as a leaked Nato report accuses Islamabad of links to the Taliban.

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Pakistan dismisses Taliban links

A group of four Islamic militants, all of them British citizens, admitted on Wednesday to a conspiracy to place a bomb in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange.

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Militants Admit Plan to Bomb London Stock Exchange

The opening session of Egypt’s first democratically elected parliament erupted in chaos Monday as the Islamist dominating the chamber struggled to keep order.

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Chaotic Start to Egypt’s First Democratically Elected Parliament

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan on Monday sternly rejected an American account of a deadly NATO airstrike in November, an incident that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at a post near the Afghan border and severely strained ties between the long-wary allies. Read full article > >

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BRUSSELS — Europe banned the import of Iranian oil Monday and froze Europe-based assets of the Central Bank of Iran, intensifying an international campaign to choke Iran’s economy and force the radical Islamic government to dispel fears that it is working to develop nuclear weapons. Read full article > >

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Europe bans Iranian oil imports in push to curtail nuclear program

A series of bombings by Nigerian Islamist militants Boko Haram kills about 150 people in the city of Kano, in the group’s deadliest attack to date.

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Scores dead after Nigerian blasts

A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Africa’s most populous nation.

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Coordinated Sect Attack Kills 143 in North Nigeria

CAIRO — Followers of a puritanical form of Islam will fill about a quarter of the seats in the lower house of the new Egyptian parliament on Monday, underscoring the political power being wielded by Islamists in the wake of the Arab spring. Read full article > >

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Salafists to take a quarter of Egypt’s lower house

Islamic militants Boko Haram claimed responsibility.

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At Least 120 Dead in Nigeria Attack

The final results in Egypt’s first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections confirm an overwhelming victory for Islamist parties.

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Egypt’s Islamists win elections

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court granted the prime minister two weeks to prepare his defense on contempt of court charges, extending a political crisis that has churned this nuclear-armed nation and triggered a frenzy of media coverage. Read full article > >

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Pakistan Supreme Court postpones standoff with government

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An open conflict between Pakistan’s civilian government and armed forces simmered Thursday as the nation’s top generals convened an emergency meeting and besieged President Asif Ali Zardari made a sudden trip abroad. Read full article > >

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Pakistani president travels abroad amid civil-military rift