Al Islah in the United Arab Emirates
The Federal Supreme Court Building in Abu Dhabi. Al Islah is banned in the UAE, and members are currently on trial, alleged to be...
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda's Somalian affiliate al Shabaab Al Qaeda al-Jihad (the base of the holy struggle) or Al Qaeda, along with its affiliates,...
Shia Emergence in Saudi Arabia
Saudis march in the Shiite town of Qatif in response to an attack on a Shiite mosque, killing 21 Since the formation of Saudi Arabia in...
Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (Yemen)
It is impossible to talk about the pre-to-post colonization of Yemen without going into detail about the great Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid...
History of the Arabian Gulf
The Arabian Gulf consist of Modern day Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (1820-1971, The Trucial States), Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain...
Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (Saudi Arabia)
Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, father of the Wahhabi Movement within Sunni Islam, was born 1703 in al-Uyayna in Najd (located in what is now...
Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasimi (Trucial States)
The Trucial States, known today as the United Arab Emirates, owes a significant amount of its development to Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasimi....