Islam Quote by Efraim Karsh

During the rule of the Shah, arrogance, aggression, territorial expansion at the expense of the Arabs and attempts to harm Iraq's national sovereignty and…

— Saddam Hussein

“And who but Allah could have used a fool like President Bush to remove Saddam, the man who had been the greatest obstacle to…

— Phillip Oliver Otts

I believe Saddam Hussein's strategic objective was, and remains, to assert dominance over the Gulf region.

— Sandy Berger

“There is much irony in the fact that Anglo-American Middle East policy, from Operation Ajax, the deposing of democratically elected, socialist, secularist Prime Minister…

— Paul Kriwaczek

Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly…

— David Ignatius

“Or take the opportunity offered to the United States following the attacks of September 11, 2001, when both Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mohammed…

— Robert D. Kaplan

“Khomeini espoused a militant religious doctrine rejecting not only the Middle Eastern political order, but also the contemporary international system since both perpetuated an…

— Efraim Karsh

“This mixture of political and geographical considerations compounded Saddam’s failure to grasp the operational requirements of such a campaign. Rather than allowing his forces…

— Efraim Karsh

“Nevertheless, what saved Iran from a comprehensive defeat was not the ferocity of its military resistance but rather the limited objectives of the Iraqi…

— Efraim Karsh

“By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was divided between…

— Jim Al-Khalili

“The implications of this speech were not long in coming. On 22 September, emulating the brilliant Israeli gambit of the Six Day War in…

— Efraim Karsh

The Islamic State is a threat to both the moderate Islam headed by Mr. Saad al-Hariri and, of course, for Hezbollah. There is a…

— Walid Jumblatt