Mr. Bitar, Ruba Mansour: The Iraqi historian Ali al-Wardi addressed the topic of conquest and occupation in his book “The Preachers of the Sultans.” On page (204) of his book, al-Wardi denounced the conquering invader and…
M. Bitar, Ruba Mansour On the occasion of International Women’s Day: Perhaps a large number of people will condemn the idea of women challenging the Bedouin religious Arab spirit, but the idea…
Ruba Mansour, M. Bitar: How can there not be a rebellion and therefore a revolution when a senior official in Amnesty International acknowledges the mass executions in Iran, which she called a “surge of executions” that affected 700…
Ruba Mansour, Samir Sadek: The fact that most chronic dictatorships are concentrated in Muslim societies indicates a relationship between history shaped by religion and dictatorship. Caliph Uthman was astonished about 1440 years ago when…
Mamdouh Bitar, Ruba Mansour No matter how much dictatorial regimes, which claim secularism (in form), disguise religion, they remain structurally religious in their behavior, internal structure, and hierarchy, Examples of political systems that claimed secularism while practicing religion abound,…
M. Bitar Ruba Mansour: No one denies the origin of Valentine’s Day, after the priest Valentine, that is, its Roman-Christian origin, But no one also denies the origin of the computer, the car, the airplane,…
Ruba Mansour, Ma Bitar: It seems as though the Syrian sectarian pandemic is much older, more deadly, and more widespread than the viral coronavirus, which we encountered some years ago and which has almost stopped, while the spread of…
Syriano, Ruba Mansour: Since the birth of the Muhammadan , which divided the believers into at least 73 sects, and then heralded the existence of a saved sect that was not specified by name, we assume that this…
George Bana Ruba Mansour The Syrian groups continue to deliver one surprise after another, each one worse than the last, The unleashing of barbarity—the killing, destruction, dragging, crucifixion, kidnapping, and looting—was a major shock that shattered much…
Mamdouh Bitar, Ruba Mansour: Conscientious objection is not a new phenomenon, Fear of conscientious objection has led some to refuse military service in societies that view such service as the ultimate honor and patriotism, The matter dates back to…