Islamic Fundamentalism

Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 14:01 pm CEST

The Emptying of Yemen

For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 13:06 pm CEST

Egypt and Lebanon: Things Just Keep Getting Worse

Is there a pattern here? I guess I’m going to be writing a series of “things keep getting worse” articles for some time to come… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, June 12, 2011 at 22:27 pm CEST

Is the Battle of Jisr a-Shughour the tipping-point of the uprising against Bashar Assad?

It took Syrian president six days to send troops and tanks to punish the small northern town of Jisr a-Shughour near the Turkish border… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, June 9, 2011 at 21:35 pm CEST

One Degree of Separation: President Obama, al-Qaida’s New Leader, and Their “Mutual Friend”

Ayman al-Zawahiri, nephew of a Nazi collaborator and grandson of the man who helped produce the… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, June 5, 2011 at 19:26 pm CEST

Hamas Criticizes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Accusing Him of Collaboration with Israel

Hamas initiates a media campaign against UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon because of his concerns regarding the flotilla… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 12:02 pm CEST

Egyptian Sheikh Jamal Qutb: “Sectarian Sedition was Fabricated by Mubarak Regime”

In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, a london-based Arabic newspaper, Islamic thinker and former chairman of Al-Azhar Fatwa Commission… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 1, 2011 at 00:24 am CEST

Egypt: Where Moderates and Judges Endorse Terrorism

In September, the leaves will start falling off the trees in the West. And so will their policies toward the Middle East… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 23:40 pm CEST

Where Obama is leading Israel

In the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech on the Middle East, his supporters argued that the policy toward Israel… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 17:44 pm CEST

Egypt: Over 400 al-Qaida Terrorists now in Sinai

A senior Egyptian security official told the Al-Hayyat satellite television station on Monday that over 400 al-Qaida members… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 19:15 pm CEST

Egypt’s anti-Israel pro-Islamist Regime Opens Rafah Crossing

Despite Israeli concerns, Egypt’s regime eased travel restrictions for residents of Gaza, opening the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Sinai-Gaza border… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 01:27 am CEST

Nakba Day: “Right of Return” is Central to Palestinian’ Strategy to Liberate “Palestine”

The main theme of the various Nakba Day events was the Palestinian refugees’ return to the 1948 territories and the destruction of the State of Israel… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 01:37 am CEST

The Army of Islam Designated as a Terrorist Organization by the United States

A spokesman for the American State Department announced that the Army of Islam had been designated as a terrorist organization… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 02:19 am CEST

World Community: Don’t Forget Gilad

The lingering issue ignored by the world community, particularly in light of this new diplomatic impasse between… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 23:49 pm CEST

Obama’s Middle East Speech: A Big and Revealing Mistake That Nobody Has Noticed

There is a small detail at the end of Obama’s big Middle East speech that everyone has overlooked up until now but which shows how… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 21:38 pm CEST

Obama’s Middle East Speech: The Opposite of Strategy Is Catastrophe

President Barack Obama’s big Middle East speech is extraordinarily important. I think that it has been largely misinterpreted… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 00:00 am CEST

Obama’s Muslim Outreach 2.0: Doing business with the Muslim Brotherhood

President Obama’s latest paean to what he calls “the Muslim world,” delivered at the State Department today, was an exercise in whistling past the… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 17:52 pm CEST

Obama: Muslim Outreach 2.0

On Thursday, President Obama will “reach out” yet again to what he insists on calling “the Muslim world.” Think of it as… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 17:49 pm CEST

The Middle East: The Possible/Probable Main Crisis for 2012

Save this note. Last year I predicted that Egypt’s instability might well be the big story of 2011. Why wait until December… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 15:04 pm CEST

Radical Islamist Hamas Movement Struggles to Present a Moderate Image Since the Palestinian Reconciliation Agreement

Statements made by senior Hamas figures since the internal Palestinian reconciliation agreement attempt to present a moderate image… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 01:07 am CEST

By The End of This Year Egypt Might Be Run By a Radical Islamist Regime

I’m not saying this lightly. For the first time, there is serious evidence not only for an Islamist-controlled parliament but even… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 22:49 pm CEST

President Obama’s “Reset” of Relations with Muslims and a Massacre in Pakistan

There’s something particularly poignant about news that at least 80 people were killed in Charsadda, Pakistan, by a Taliban attack on a… Continue reading