The Ottoman Empire tolerated the existence of vast non-Muslim subject populations in its midst, provided they acknowledged their legal and institutional inferiority in the Islamic order of things. When these groups dared to question their subordinate status, they were brutally suppressed, and none more so than the Armenians… Continue reading
Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi maintains that Muslims must obey the commands of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, even unto murder… Continue reading
Though his position may seem balanced, in fact, it reveals a dangerous mix of irrationality, moral relativism, and emotionalism… Continue reading
The future of Egypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks bleak… Continue reading
Ostensibly dealing with a building, a recent report demonstrates how Turkey’s populace is reverting to its Islamic heritage… Continue reading
Who gets to be the caliph? After all, if you want to have a caliphate , as revolutionary Islamists do with much popular support among Muslims… Continue reading
Sometimes a secretary of state is asked tough questions. How they are answered shows the underlying philosophy of official and government… Continue reading
In the recent destruction of Commonwealth war graves in Benghazi, Libya, you can see not just the desecration of graves, but attacks on crosses… Continue reading
An actual analysis of what I wrote on this controversial issue, understanding my points, and pointing out the misquotes… Continue reading
Of the countless threats of violence, made by Arab and Palestinian leaders in the run up to and in the wake of the… Continue reading
Cyprus, an island near Turkey and Syria of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change… Continue reading
These three cables from the U.S. embassy in Oslo give us a nasty view on Norway’s anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias… Continue reading
How is Egypt’s revolution different from a real democratic revolution, as in Eastern Europe… Continue reading
Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion… Continue reading
There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur’an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction… Continue reading
For the first time in Western history, the physical as well as emotional pain felt by animals became a human concern three millennia ago in the Jewish Scriptures… Continue reading
Mohamed Azahaf, a 28-year-old immigrant from Morocco, was hired by the east Amsterdam district to build trust between… Continue reading
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year… Continue reading
A reliable source in Finland reports that the speaker of parliament, Ben Zyskowicz, was attacked by a man shouting antisemitic slogans… Continue reading
This week the Iranian press has widely reported the Nakba Day events, even though they were relegated to a relatively… Continue reading
The Flemish-language newspaper De Morgen has a major article about a survey of Muslim students in Brussels high schools… Continue reading
An aid convoy to the Gaza Strip is being organized in South Africa by two anti-Israeli Islamic organizations. It is expected to leave at the end of… Continue reading
My time in Pakistan was glorious. I taught bright, beautiful and hopeful students who saw the world not as a series of… Continue reading
The Center for Security Policy released a groundbreaking longitudinal study, Religious Bias Crimes against Muslim, Jewish and Christian Victims… Continue reading
Every few months, we are presented with media reports about Jewish women rescued from their Muslim husbands in the Palestinian Authority or within Israel… Continue reading














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