Posted on Mon, May 9, 2011 at 00:31 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Yemen – Who Are The Houthis?

Given the Houthis’ opacity and the government’s exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Terrorism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • WikiLeaks • Yemen 
Posted on Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:41 am CEST
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Will the Arab Uprisings Result in the Emergence of a Sunni Bloc Dominated by Turkey?

Against the background of the fall of the autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, the massive demonstrations in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Iranian Protests • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Neo-Ottomanism • Sunni Islam • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, May 6, 2011 at 16:46 pm CEST
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The AKP’s Election Manifesto: The Silences That Ring Alarm Bells

In late April 2011, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) announced their manifestos… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Europe • Islamism • Kurdish People • Neo-Ottomanism • Sunni Islam • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 19:43 pm CEST
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Hamas’ Identification with Extremist Jihadist Islam and Al-Qaeda’s anti-Western Orientation

Hamas’ condemnation of killing Osama bin Laden reflects the movement’s deep identification with extremist jihadist Islam and… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Hamas • Islamism • Jihadism 
Posted on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 01:52 am CEST
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Progress? Now Even Egypt’s Religious Establishment Hates America

This is the kind of serious development that everyone better pay close attention to if they want to understand what’s going on in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Tue, May 3, 2011 at 19:56 pm CEST
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South African anti-Israeli Islamic Organizations Organize Gaza-Bound Aid Convoy

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

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Global Islam • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • South Africa 
Posted on Wed, April 27, 2011 at 23:29 pm CEST
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Ansar-e Hezbollah: Recruiting Volunteers for Suicide Missions in Bahrain

From recruitment of suicide bombers to increased online presence: Iran’s radical right-wing government supporters step up activities… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Wed, April 27, 2011 at 00:38 am CEST
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The Anti-Democratic Super-Weapon: The Middle Easternization of the West

I have long thought that we are experiencing what might be called the Middle Easternization of the West but never fully understood it until… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Eurabia • Islamophobia • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Multiculturalism • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, April 25, 2011 at 19:17 pm CEST
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Syria: Who Is the Opposition and When Is The Moment of Truth?

There’s a bit of a mystery regarding Syria. First, who is the opposition? Second, what will happen… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Christianity • Sunni Islam • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, April 20, 2011 at 17:58 pm CEST
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Iranian Press Criticizes Persian Gulf Rulers

The tensions between Iran and the Persian Gulf states have escalated in recent days on the backdrop of the ongoing political crisis in Bahrain… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • GCC • Iran • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Tue, April 19, 2011 at 19:04 pm CEST
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Arab Barbarism, Court’s Iniquity

Several weeks ago Tzvi Struck was sentenced to a year and a half in jail, a fifty thousand shekel fine, and, following his release from prison… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Taqiyya 
Posted on Thu, April 14, 2011 at 21:32 pm CEST
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Will Turkey’s Next Constitution be a Societal Covenant Imbued with Respect for Differences?

Agreeing upon the rules for how they are going to live together, with mutual respect for differences, is the fundamental challenge that faces… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Human Rights • Islamism • Kurdish People • PKK • Sunni Islam • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, April 9, 2011 at 13:20 pm CEST
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How And Why Most Middle East Regimes Will Survive the Current Turmoil

In discussing recent developments in the Middle East the framework seems to be: this is the era of uprisings so now every Arab regime… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya War • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Wahhabism 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 22:51 pm CEST
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Westophobia: Why Do “They” Hate America? Just Listen

Why do people in certain parts of the world hate America? Some think it’s because of U.S. support of Israel or other policies… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Global Islam • Pakistan • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 17:43 pm CEST
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The Alawi Capture of Power in Syria

For many centuries, the ‘Alawis were the weakest, poorest, most rural, most despised, and most backward people of Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, April 1, 2011 at 06:38 am CEST
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Onder Criminele Moslims

Dit artikel is de nederlandse vertaling van “Among Criminal Muslims”, een interview van de Amerikaanse journalist… Lees verder

Topics: Denmark • Eurabia • Europe • Global Islam • Multiculturalism • Nederlands 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 23:30 pm CEST
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Egypt Leaves the Anti-Iran Bloc

The next step will no doubt be Egypt’s rapprochement with the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, March 25, 2011 at 21:08 pm CET
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Urges Syria Regime Overthrow Against White House Policy

As I’ve reported, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is horrified by White House policies in the Middle East. Indeed, he has an extra reason for… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, March 24, 2011 at 23:53 pm CET
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Muslim Brotherhood and Its Political Agenda: “Islam is the solution”

The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamic mass movement whose worldview is based on the belief that “Islam is the solution” and… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Sharia Law • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, March 23, 2011 at 01:25 am CET
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Full Text of Anwar al-Sadat’s Statements About the Muslim Brotherhood

Transcript of a six-minute video of statements by the late President Anwar al-Sadat (Egypt) about… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 23:53 pm CET
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Watch What Anwar al-Sadat Said About the Muslim Brotherhood!

An Egyptian Christian (Coptic) group has put up a superb six-minute video of a speech by the late President Anwar al-Sadat about the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 16:11 pm CET
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Iran: Are the Events in the Arab World a Sign of the Mehdi’s Coming Return?

A documentary shown in Iran in the past several months has provoked a heated religious-legal debate… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, March 17, 2011 at 00:59 am CET
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Deadly Crackdown on Bahrain Protesters, Iran Rattled by Saudi Military Intervention

The contest between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the Sunni-Shiite split in the Arab world were ramped up to a dangerous level… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 23:33 pm CET
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Shahbaz Bhatti and the Death of Reason

My time in Pakistan was glorious. I taught bright, beautiful and hopeful students who saw the world not as a series of… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Pakistan 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 20:09 pm CET
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New Study on Hate Crimes against Muslims Contradicts Claims of Islamophobia in America

The Center for Security Policy released a groundbreaking longitudinal study, Religious Bias Crimes against Muslim, Jewish and Christian Victims… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Christianity • Global Islam • Islamophobia • Jew-Hatred • United States of America