The future of Egypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks bleak… Continue reading
You have to hand it to the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading
Has anyone stopped to ask where the headlines “Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egypt’s Presidential Election!” originate?… Continue reading
Months ago, I wrote that the hysteria about Israel allegedly being about to attack Iran and the argument by some that Israel should do so were nonsense… Continue reading
Many are the lessons to be learned between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the current revolutions of the Arab world… Continue reading
A group of terrorists has attacked Israel from Egyptian territory Monday morning. As for the presidential election, the Brotherhood candidate, Muhammad al-Mursi, seems the likely winner… Continue reading
While one can certainly sympathize with the idea of letting an elected parliament being allowed to take office… Continue reading
The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court has invalidated the parliamentary election there… Continue reading
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
Egypt’s fate, I think, will not be settled by the June 16-17 second round presidential election… Continue reading
While the Brotherhood claims victory, the election was actually a defeat for the Brotherhood and Islamism… Continue reading
Consider one fact that demolishes the apparatus of nonsense about moderate Islamists and the credibility of those claiming there is nothing to worry about… Continue reading
If I’ve ever seen a single sentence that spells disaster in the Middle East it’s this one… Continue reading
It’s once again time for that exciting game of Spin the Polls by the Pew Foundation. Here are the rules… Continue reading
Michael Hirsh has responded to my critique of his article. Amazingly, yet typical of our era, he didn’t engage with a single—not a single—idea I presented… Continue reading
Egypt will hold its presidential election May 23-24 with a possible run-off on June 16-17. It is impossible at this point to predict what’s going to happen but I can make a good guess… Continue reading
Since there is so much bad policy on the Middle East to critique and since there’s no hope of the Obama Administration listening to alternative strategies… Continue reading
Female workers should “breastfeed” their male co-workers in order to work in each other’s company… Continue reading
After his release from prison in March 2011, the Deputy Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat Al-Shater was reportedly tasked by the Brotherhood’s Guidance Council to perform a comprehensive review… Continue reading
Following the uprisings in the Arab world and since the overthrow of the Mubarak regime, the status of the Muslim Brotherhood has risen significantly both in Egypt and with the international community… Continue reading
Now the initial euphoria about the Arab revolts has subsided, it’s clear the ‘Arab Spring’ will not bring a liberal, secular, Western (or Islamic) model of democracy to the Arab world… Continue reading
A year ago we were told that Egypt was going to become a moderate democratic state ruled by hip Facebook kids. Now Egypt is going to become a moderate Islamist republic ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading
Those who are, or will soon be, governing Egypt view themselves as being at war with Israel for all practical purposes… Continue reading
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