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Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

What Is Iran Betting On? The Middle East on the Day After the War Ends

Friday 24-04-2026 02:31 PM

The Iranian–Israeli war that broke out on February 28, 2026, has ushered the Middle East into a new strategic phase. After nine weeks of fighting, the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

The Open-Ended Truce.. When Time Becomes a Strategic Weapon? A Response to Critics

Thursday 23-04-2026 02:05 PM

Why am I writing this article? When I published, the day before yesterday, my initial reading of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to extend the truce with Iran without a time limit, I did ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

A Strategic Reading of Trump's Decision to Extend the Truce Indefinitely

Tuesday 21-04-2026 11:55 PM

President Donald Trumps decision to extend the truce with Iran without setting a time limit stands out as one of his most strategically astute moves in recent months. With this decision — which ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Zero Hour in Islamabad Six Files That Will Decide the Fate of Iran and the Region

Sunday 19-04-2026 07:14 PM

A calm reading of the Iran–US negotiations file, far removed from unrealistic nationalist fervor By Abdel-Rahim Ali Against the backdrop of the US naval blockade of Iranian ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (26)

Monday 30-03-2026 05:15 PM

Why Has Thought Remained Alive… While Reality Has Faltered? After this extensive review of the trajectory of freedom of opinion and expression in Islamic thought—from the Qur’an and Sunnah, ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (25)

Monday 30-03-2026 05:14 PM

Ahmed Subhy Mansour… When Peace Becomes the Essence of Faith With Ahmed Subhy Mansour , the discussion takes a different turn—not merely within the bounds of jurisprudence, but in redefining ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (24)

Monday 30-03-2026 05:12 PM

Muhammad Salim Al-Awa… From Traditional Jurisprudence to the Jurisprudence of the Modern State If Gamal al-Banna settled the question of freedom as a purely individual matter, then Muhammad ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (23)

Tuesday 17-03-2026 05:10 PM

Gamal al-Banna… No Guardianship Over Freedom If Muhammad Abduh confronted stagnation, and Shaltout opened the door of ijtihad from within the المؤسسة , then Gamal al-Banna ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (22)

Tuesday 17-03-2026 05:08 PM

Mahmoud Shaltout… When Freedom Entered Through the Gate of the Institution After Muhammad Abduh, who opened the door to reason, and Abd al-Muta‘al al-Sa‘idi, who confronted ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (21)

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:20 PM

Sheikh Abd al-Mut‘al al-Sa‘idi… When Difficult Texts Were Re-read Through the Lens of Freedom If Muhammad Abduh reopened the door to the use of reason, then Abd al-Mut‘al al-Sa‘idi entered ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (20)

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:17 PM

Muhammad Abduh… Reason as a Foundation of Faith At a historical moment when Islamic societies were burdened by stagnation and besieged by the authority of imitation, Muhammad Abduh emerged not ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (19)

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:15 PM

How Did the Islamic Mind Resist Closure? The history of Islamic thought was never a straight line, but rather a field of tension and struggle between two currents: one that feared the ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Between the Project of the Nation-State and Projects of Hegemony: A Calm Reading

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:13 PM

At a moment when the confrontation between the United States and Iran is escalating, coinciding with the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the expansion of ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (18)

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:11 PM

Ibn Rushd… The Reconciliation of Reason with the Text The crisis of Islamic thought at no stage resulted from a shortage of texts, but rather from the fear of employing reason to ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (17)

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:09 PM

Ijtihad: A Neglected Obligation! After centuries of restriction, ijtihad in the public consciousness has become synonymous with adventure, sometimes with transgression, and in some ...