Posts tagged Bahrain
Bahrain Promotes Women’s Empowerment Despite Criticism From Clerics
Bahrain Promotes Women’s Empowerment Despite Criticism From Clerics

In the past three years, Bahrain, a small Middle-Eastern country off the coast of the Arab Peninsula, has been promoting women’s empowerment despite its strict religious laws and criticism from religious clerics.

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Human Rights, Religion News, Religious Equality, Middle East, Women, Analysis, History, Islam, News, womenSonia SarkarSonia Sarkar, Bahrain, Womens rights, Islam, Muslims, women, analysis, women's rights, Sharia Law, Women's History Month, Secondary featureComment
The Sunni-Shi’a Muslim Divide: Why It Matters In The Iran War
The Sunni-Shi’a Muslim Divide: Why It Matters In The Iran War

(ANALYSIS) Understanding this distinction can help get past oversimplified narratives. The Middle East’s conflicts are not simply ancient religious feuds. They are modern political struggles shaped by history, identity and political interests. Here’s what you need to know about Sunni and Shia Islam — and how it impacts Iran and the current situation there.

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Analysis, Conflict, Culture, History, Human Rights, Islam, Israel, Middle East, News, Politics, Religion, Religious Freedom, Saudi Arabia, SocietyClemente LisiClemente Lisi, Sunni–Shi’a divide, Sunni Islam, Shi’a Islam, Islamic history, Middle East politics, sectarianism, religious authority, Imamate, Caliphate, Prophet Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Qur’an, Five Pillars of Islam, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Israel, United States, Iran–Saudi rivalry, 1979 Islamic Revolution, geopolitics, regional power struggle, U.S. foreign policy, Iran nuclear program, Middle East conflict, political Islam, religious leadership, global security, Trump, war, Middle East, religion, Islam, Muslims, politics and religion, news, Primary feature, recharge, Secondary feature Comments