Alternatives Quote by Irshad Manji

Bin Laden actually is the most European or westernized of all the Arab leaders. He's the one who is the most polished ironically. He's…

— Alexander Siddig

Whether Osama bin Laden is doing it cynically and has no interest in these matters, or whether he's doing it out of genuine conviction,…

— Robert Fisk

The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.

— Stephen Kinzer

Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all infidels working…

— Robert Fisk

From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and…

— Hisham Matar

You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and Islamic jihadists.…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I've lived in the Middle East for twenty-five years. I know exactly how these issues come up. Even my landlord, who is a moderate…

— Robert Fisk

What I tried to do is to present the evidence that's available and that no one has been able to refute. Not even the…

— Michael Scheuer

We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers carrying out…

— Robert Fisk

We know that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has some very dangerous, very important leaders who are tied directly to the top leadership…

— Richard Engel

Unfortunately, Osama bin Laden puts his finger on the other longstanding injustices in the Arab world: the conying so. And, tinued occupation of Palestinian…

— Robert Fisk

The twin causes Bin Laden invokes are Islam and Arab self-determination, and armies rise to serve him. No need to convert or dogmatize. Believers…

— Norah Vincent