Posted on Sat, June 22, 2013 at 00:09 am CEST
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Violence and Context in Islamic Texts

Knee-jerk proof-texting of the “Islam is peace” claim will benefit no one… Continue reading

Topics: Australia • Global Islam • Global Jihad • History • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 21:12 pm CEST
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Values and Identity: The Resurgence of the Kurdish Hizbullah

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the center of Diyarbakır for a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. The event was organized by a coalition of NGOs affiliated with the radical Sunni Islamist organization known in Turkey as Hizbullah… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Fundamentalism • Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Tue, April 24, 2012 at 19:13 pm CEST
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Whoever is President There: France Fries While Its Leaders Avert Eyes

Alongside the battle of the radical Islamists to murder Jews is the battle to seize and maintain control of the Muslim community… Continue reading

Topics: France • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Jew-Hatred • Multiculturalism • Political Correctness 
Posted on Sun, April 15, 2012 at 11:19 am CEST
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Solomon’s Wisdom on Revolutionary Islamism and Terrorism

Hussein Solomon is a South African professor who is the leading expert on revolutionary Islamist terrorism in his own country and Africa generally… Continue reading

Topics: Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Security and Defense • South Africa 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:53 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Morocco

The Movement for Unity and Reform (MUR), affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Morocco, was founded in 1996… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Morocco • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 22:14 pm CET
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Manufacturing Heresy: How the Mildest Muslim Liberalism is Turned into a Capital Punishment Offense

Nageeb Kashgari is a young man in a lot of trouble… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Political Correctness • Religion • Salafism • Saudi Arabia • Sharia Law • Wahhabism 
Posted on Wed, January 25, 2012 at 16:51 pm CET
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America and the Arab Spring

A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Iraq • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy • Yemen 
Posted on Sat, January 14, 2012 at 15:20 pm CET
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Egypt: If Tourists Can Wear Bikinis But Local Women Must Wear Chadors Does That Prove the Muslim Brotherhood is Moderate?

What if a democratically elected government decides to enforce such a system in a law legally passed by a democratically elected government? I guess that’s just democracy in action… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Feminism • Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Fri, January 13, 2012 at 01:11 am CET
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The Changing Objects of Fear: The Arrest of Ilker Basbug

In the early hours of January 6, General İlker Başbuğ, chief of the Turkish General Staff from 2008 to 2010, was arrested and imprisoned on allegations of “founding or directing an armed terrorist organization, inciting the overthrow of the government of the Turkish Republic or the prevention of it fulfilling its duties”… Continue reading

Topics: Ergenekon • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, December 7, 2011 at 20:38 pm CET
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Egypt: Forget Denial, The Totalitarians Won, Get Used to It

The Brotherhood will laugh last… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Politics • The Media 
Posted on Sun, November 20, 2011 at 15:38 pm CET
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Aliaa ElMahdy is not afraid of being a woman despite harassment in Egypt

Aliaa Magda ElMahdy, a blogger and female activist, sparked controversy and attracted both criticism and admiration in Egypt after… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Culture • Democracy • Egypt • Global Islam • Human Rights • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law 
Posted on Wed, November 16, 2011 at 19:23 pm CET
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A Saudi Writer Explains the “Muslim Brotherhood Spring”

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

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Syrian Revolution • Yemen 
Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 21:26 pm CET
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Libya Heading Towards Islamism

Islamism will be the dominant political force in Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Libya • Sharia Law 
Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 00:42 am CET
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How the Obama Administration Helps Kill the Chances for Arab, Turkish, and Iranian Democracy

Does this sound too extreme and alarmist?… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, November 9, 2011 at 00:49 am CET
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John Quincy Adams on Islam

The average American’s lack of awareness of the past has left our nation in an extremely vulnerable position… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 14:24 pm CET
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The Battle for Egypt: The Army Strikes Back

They claim to be protecting the country from Islamic fundamentalists, who appear likely to capture a plurality of seats in parliament… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 01:38 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Israeli Ambassador Traces His Problems to Erdogan

Erdogan simply hates Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Fundamentalism • Israel • Turkey • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, October 21, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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The Closing of the Muslim Mind

Far from being absurd aberrations to be dismissed, such accounts… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism 
Posted on Wed, August 24, 2011 at 00:04 am CEST
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A Tale of Two Intellectuals: Treasuring or Despising Freedom

In a real sense, there was more intellectual freedom in the Arabic-speaking world in 1930 or 1940 then there is today… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • France • Global Islam • Islamism • Morocco • Multiculturalism • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 15:16 pm CEST
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The People Have Voted and Barack Obama Is Not The Next “Muslim Idol”

How can anybody continue to spout nonsense about how President Barack Obama’s policies and endless attempts to… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamic Countries • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 18:35 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Afghan Tribal Elders Threaten to ‘Fight NATO like the Soviets’

US diplomats in Afghanistan continually warned that night raids against insurgents by special forces had dramatically eroded public support for the Nato mission… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Britain • NATO • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, March 6, 2011 at 20:30 pm CET
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Iran: Ayatollah Rafsanjani Faces a Vote on His Future

With the approach of the internal elections for the Assembly of Experts leadership, slated for the assembly’s meeting on March 8-9, this week has seen… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Shi'ism 
Posted on Mon, February 14, 2011 at 19:58 pm CET
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Address by PM Netanyahu to the European Friends of Israel Conference in Jerusalem 2011

It’s very good to see all of you, to welcome you in Jerusalem. It is a great city that has great significance for each of your countries and for Europe… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • China • Egypt • Europe • Global Islam • Greece • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan • Peace Process • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, February 10, 2011 at 17:44 pm CET
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Turkey and the Middle Eastern Revolts: Democracy or Islamism?

Turkey’s leaders have embraced the popular revolts in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Abdullah Gül publicly urging Egyptian… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Neo-Ottomanism • The Middle East • Turkey