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How One Arab Swallow Does Not Make a Spring

What was the main factor leading to failure or success of the Arab revolts… Read more

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Sex Jihad and Western Disbelief

Sex jihadis in Syria have sex with countless rebels… Continue reading

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Pregnant with Aids: Tunisian Girl Recounts Her Sex Jihad in Syria

The sex jihad in Syria… Continue reading

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The “Arab Spring” is now officially over

Al-Qaeda linked terrorism threatens Tunisia’s economy and security… Continue reading

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Mr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia, Addresses General Assembly, 68th session, 2013

Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading

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Arab Moderation Is Murdered: An Assassination in Tunisia

People who believe the Arabic-speaking world is heading toward democracy don’t understand that Islamist forces are unleashed quite willing to engage in violence until total triumph… Continue reading

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Tunisia: Goodbye Democracy? Islamists Start to Take Over Media

The much-touted, Islamist-led coalition government in Tunisia is showing how little has changed… Continue reading

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The Wild Card in Arab “Democratic” Politics: Extra-Parliamentary Violence

Consider just a small part of what’s gone on in Tunisia, a relatively moderate country where the radical Islamists “only” got 40 percent of the vote… Continue reading

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Hillary Clinton Implies: Pro-Israel Sentiment Doesn’t Reflect America

Sometimes a secretary of state is asked tough questions. How they are answered shows the underlying philosophy of official and government… Continue reading

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The Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia

The Muslim Brotherhood branch in Tunisia is relatively new. It was established in the 1970s by… Continue reading

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The Visit of a Hamas leader to Tunisia, the Arab Spring, and crass pro-Palestinian apologism

When Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, visited Tunisia, he was met with an ecstatic welcome from both the Tunisian public and authorities alike… Continue reading

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Sunni versus Shia: The Middle East’s New Strategic Conflict

Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading

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After the “Arab Spring”: Will Freedom Take Hold in the Arab World?

At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading

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Tunisia: There’s Still Hope for Democracy Because The Majority Doesn’t Want Islamism

Is Tunisia, the Arab world’s historically most moderate country in social and intellectual terms, headed for Islamism… Continue reading

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The “Arab Spring” and Its Impact on Israel

The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading

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Make Way for the Muslim Brotherhood International

It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading

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French minister of Arab origin: “There is no such thing as moderate Islam”

A French junior minister said in an interview published Saturday there was no such thing as moderate Islam… Continue reading

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Brothers in Arms: The Muslim Brotherhood Takes Over the (Sunni) Arab World

On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution… Continue reading

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Why Do Western Elites Minimize Radical Threats in the Middle East?

Why cannot Western elites see this kind of lightly camouflaged extremism… Continue reading

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Islam: What Does “Moderate” Islamist Mean?

Are Islamist parties portrayed as more moderate or pluralistic than they actually are… Continue reading

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A Saudi Writer Explains the “Muslim Brotherhood Spring”

What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading

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The Arab Political Left and the Islamist Drive for Power

In the “good old days” of Stalinist Communism, the Left would have called the Islamists, “clerical fascists”… Continue reading

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Out of Tune in Tunisia: What’s Really Going on There and Throughout the Arab World

What is the current political situation in Tunisia? Simple… Continue reading

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Erdogan’s North African Tour: Turkey’s Regional Aspirations and Western Interests

The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading

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Here Come the Arab Elections!

Imagine when parties are negotiating over the Constitution and the election rules… Continue reading