The London Bridge attack and recent bombing in Manchester have again raised the question, what influences jihadists to carry out such horrendous acts? “Yusuf”, a Muslim in Bradford, like the majority ...

March 29 (UPI) --Despite much talk of "universal" values, to this day the West has adopted separate scales for judging its own behavior toward the Muslim community and the treatment of non-Muslims in ...

The term Wahhabism has become a source of misunderstanding. Simply defined, it is an ultra conservative interpretation of Islam born in 18th century Saudi Arabia. Today, many scholars and journalists ...

Since the heinous attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration has issued an unending stream of statements informing us that these ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Salman could well dash expectations that he is gunning for a break with Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism rather than a shaving off of the rough edges of Wahhabi ideology ...

Intelligence-driven kinetic means can only do so much. The acid test would be to prevent the recurrence of the monstrosity that surfaced on the Easter Sunday. A good part of that responsibility lies ...

(UNDATED) The words are chilling, especially to non-Muslim ears. “(We) will pursue this evil force to its own lands, invade its Western heartland and struggle to overcome it until all the world shouts ...

Reader Anastasia sends this fascinating blog post by Philip Jenkins, commenting iconoclasm as central to the Reformation. Excerpts: For anyone living at the time, including educated elites, the ...

David Commins is professor of history at Dickinson College. He is the author of "The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia." March 14, 2011 The wave of protests sweeping the Arab world has reached Saudi ...