TEHRAN (IQNA) –  Hijab is far beyond clothing and physical guard of a Muslim as it is also a spiritual guard, said an American Muslim woman.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The conventional wisdom is that Biden’s policies will continue to strongly favor Israeli positions over Palestinian ones. Nonetheless, an American professor of Middle Eastern studies said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – New US President Joe Biden has many other issues to tackle than resolving the Israel-Palestine dispute, a Chatham House scholar said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Marginalized people can be drawn to extremist views because they have little hope for change in their own, or family’s, or community’s, circumstances, a University of Waterloo scholar said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United States will realize again that its strength and well being depend on cordial relations with the rest of the world, relations that Trump, in many ways, has made difficult, an American scholar said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Politics in the United States has become a blood sport, and the world on Wednesday saw the depth of this conflict and its very real dangers, a University of Notre Dame professor said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Boston University professor said actions by extremists against Islamic sanctities are offensive not only to Muslims but also to most religious-minded non-Muslims.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Eventually the US will withdraw all troops from Iraq but it is a matter of timing and balance with the security and political issues at hand, an Iraqi political analyst said.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mustafa Tuveh Yekrumo is a Qari from Indonesia who is representing the Southeast Asian country in Iran’s 35th International Quran Competition.  

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The international student advisor at Miami University Sarah O’Connell described the World Hijab Day as a wonderful event that seeks to demystify the hijab and help people understand why a woman would choose to wear the hijab.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – What European governments are doing in the face of extremism is putting more pressure and suspicion on Muslim communities, which will alienate more young Muslims and lead to more radicalization.