DaringOpinion

For ease of reference, I have organized my articles according to topic as follows:

The most recent articles are:

- The Challenge of Establishing the Historicity of the Islamic Creed - May 2012

- A Critique of Eric Chaney's Paper: "Democratic Change in the Arab World, past and Present" - April 2012

- Before Attacking Iran, the Asad Regime Must be Removed - March 2012

- Is Bashar Asad a Nice Person Surrounded by a Wicked Clique? - February 2012

- Arab Spring's Silver Lining: A Search for the Soul of Arab Islam - December 2011

- Democracy and Women's Rights: Saudi Style - October 2011

- Why Syria's Christians Should Not Support the Asad Regime - May 2011

BANKING ISSUES:

- Credit 101 for Bankers - Updated, February 2010

- Credit 101 for Bankers - Mark II - Updated February 2010

- America's AA+ Is the New AAA - August 2011

- Credit Rating Agencies and All That Jazz - August 2011

- Isolating London From the Rest of Europe is Dangerous - December 2011

ARAB SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS:

- A Critique of Eric Chaney's Paper - April 2012

- Arab Spring's Silver Lining: A Search for the Soul of Arab Islam - December 2011

- The Mirage of Arab Democracy - Updated April 2010

- Sharif Hussein's Revolt Against the Ottoman Empire - October 2009

- Arab Rulers Exploitation of the Islamic Creed - Updated, February 2010

- Dubai and its White Elephants - March 2010

- Abu Dhabi's Nuclear Power Plant Folly - June 2010

- The Looming Arab Food Crisis - December 2008

IRAQ'S OCCUPATION AND U.S. MIDEAST POLITICS:

- The March of Shiism - November 2009

- Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani - Updated, May 2008

- A Verdict on the Surge - Updated, November 2009

- A Report Card: G. W. Bush's Venture in Iraq - Updated, September 2010

- Washington's Un-Winnable Mideast Politics - January 2010

ISLAMIC CULTURE AND POLITICAL THOUGHT:

- A Turkish Martin Luther?! - Updated, July 2010

- Apologists and Propagandists - December 2008

- Democratizing Islamic Law Making - January 2010

- In Defense of Pre-Islamic Culture - Updated, September 2010

- Is Muslims' Treatment of Women Islamic - February 2010

- Nuetralize the Ulama - Updated, December 2010

- An Open Letter to the Promoter of the New York Ground Zero Mosque - August 2010

- The Challenge of Establishing the Historicity of the Islamic Creed - May 2012

LEBANON'S SOCIETAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES:

- The Battle for Lebanon - Updated, March 2009

- A Reading into Lebanon's June 11, 2009 Elections - June 2009

PALESTINIAN ISRAELI CONFLICT AND A POSSIBLE SOLUTION:

- De-politicize the Bible and the Quran - Updated, January 2011

SAUDI ARABIA'S WAHHABI SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE ANS STATE AGENDA:

- Saudi Agriculture: From Dust to Dust - June 2008

- TheMiddleEast Magazine Interview - August/September 2008

- Saudi Islam, 9/11, and Further Danger - Updated, November 2008

- Democracy and Women's Rights: Saudi Style - October 2011

SYRIA'S SECTARIAN GOVERNANCE AND STATE AGENDA:

- Syria’s Mission: Religious Reform - April 2009

- Stop Wahhabi Indoctrination of Syrian Youth - July 2010

- Abolish Syria's Ministry of Irrigation - October 2010

- A Question of Oil Accounting - October 2010

- Syria's Economic Growth Requires Fundamental Reforms - November 2010

- Syria's Challenge: A Modern Secular Family Law - November 2010

- Syria's Water Management = Voodoo Style Politics - December 2010

- Syria Should not Pursue Nuclear Electricity Generation - February 2011

- Why Syria's Regime is Likely to Survive, Temporarily - Updated, February 2011

- Syria's Islamic Textbooks: Politics, Intolerance, and Dogma - May 2011

- Why Syria's Christians Should Not Support the Asad Regime - May 2011

- Is Bashar Asad a Nice Person Surrounded by a Wicked Clique? - February 2012

- Before Attacking Iran, the Asad Regime Must be Removed - March 2012

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