Posted on Sat, February 2, 2013 at 17:07 pm CET
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On Mistaking Mohamed Mursi For His Mask

2012 will likely be remembered as the year that Islamists made the greatest gains in their quest for a new caliphate in the region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Diplomacy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, January 31, 2013 at 20:18 pm CET
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Yemen’s Forgotten Christians

The story of Yemen’s Christians is a microcosm of the story of Islam’s Christians… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Global Islam • Human Rights • Religion • Sharia Law • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, January 11, 2013 at 01:31 am CET
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Ankara’s Unacknowledged Genocide

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

Topics: Armenian Genocide • History • Ottoman Empire • Religion • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, December 30, 2012 at 14:06 pm CET
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A Paradox of U.S. Middle East Policy: The Friend Who Acts like an Enemy is an Enemy

What’s the major problem for U.S. foreign policy during Obama’s second term… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Human Rights • India • Islamic Terrorism • Obamaism • Pakistan • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, July 21, 2012 at 22:13 pm CEST
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Muslim Brotherhood ‘Democracy’

Prior to Egypt’s presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of “holy war”… Continue reading

Topics: Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Thu, February 16, 2012 at 00:36 am CET
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Good-Bye, Middle East! Quietly, Liberals and Minorities are Fleeing

I wonder how much higher are the number of visa applications from Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey to North America, Europe, and Australia… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Democracy • Human Rights • Islamism • Salafism • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 16:25 pm CET
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Why We Should End Our Relationship With Pakistan

As Pakistanis burned American flags and the Washington Post wrote of “a new normal” in US-Pakistani relations earlier this month, it looked like the beginning of the end of five decades of friendly alliance between the two countries… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Counter-terrorism • Diplomacy • Human Rights • NATO • Pakistan • Politics • Religious Terrorism • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 13:51 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Syria’s civil society (still) suffering

In recent weeks the Syrian security services have stepped up their already rapid pace of detentions… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • Syria • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, November 9, 2011 at 01:49 am CET
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Obama Administration Promotes Islamist Regimes; Insists They are Moderate

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy • 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 Fri, July 22, 2011 at 20:08 pm CEST
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Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution

Earlier this month I participated in Coptic Solidarity’s Second Annual Conference in Washington D.C… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Copts • Egypt • Global Islam • Iraq • Jihadism