Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 16:39 pm CET
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Algerian Hostage Crisis Ends with Military Assault: So How is Al-Qaida Dead?

An organization that can seize about 1,000 hostages in the middle of Algeria, a country whose regime has been so tough on radical Islamists, is not dead… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Algeria • Islamic Terrorism • Maghreb • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm CET
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Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

The notion of a Sunni-Shi’ite conflict is not the only perceived dichotomy at play in the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • History • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:42 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activity, 2000-2012

Hezbollah has actively participated in the worldwide anti-Israeli campaign of terrorism led by Iran’s Qods Force, attempting to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli diplomats and tourists… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:41 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1990s

In the 1990s Hezbollah combined terrorist attacks in Israeli territory and overseas with guerilla warfare against the IDF in the Lebanese security zone and sporadic rocket fire at Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Argentina • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:40 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1980s

Hezbollah’s terrorist activity during the first years of its existence focused on the United States and France, the main targets of a wave of terrorist attacks in Lebanon and elsewhere… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • France • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Kuwait • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
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 Sat, January 5, 2013 at 19:08 pm CET
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Islamic Supremacy Alive and Well in Ankara

Supersessionism refers to the belief that Christians have superseded Jews in a new covenant with God. Islam, too, sees itself as superseding all previous divine revelation but, unlike Christianity, Islam freely erases history itself… Continue reading

Topics: Armenian Genocide • Bulgaria • Christianity • Cyprus • Global Islam • Greece • History • Jewish Life • Neo-Ottomanism • Religion • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, December 29, 2012 at 10:55 am CET
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Biblical Lessons on Foreign Policy and Statism

Whatever your view of religion, the Bible is a terrific source for history and political analysis… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Religion 
Posted on Tue, December 18, 2012 at 23:55 pm CET
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Egypt “Democratically” Adopts an Anti-Western Dictatorship

What are the next steps for Mursi?… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Fri, December 14, 2012 at 22:18 pm CET
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Why Islamists Always Win “Fair” Elections

How politics work in the Arabic-speaking world today… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion 
Posted on Tue, December 11, 2012 at 18:35 pm CET
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A Turning Point in Egypt: Not on Direction But on the Speed of Islamist Transformation

A critical moment has arrived for Egypt. But what does it mean?… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Mon, December 10, 2012 at 19:11 pm CET
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“Obey The Prophet, Even If He Tells You To Kill”

Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi maintains that Muslims must obey the commands of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, even unto murder… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Sat, December 8, 2012 at 14:29 pm CET
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Syria’s Assyrians, caught in the middle

Of all the Christian communities in Syria, the Assyrians, that is, those Christians who identify as such by virtue of belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East, arguably have the most complex relationship with the Assad regime… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Culture • Iraq • Kurdish People • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, November 30, 2012 at 19:22 pm CET
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Revolutionary Islamism Overshadows the “New Egypt”

What are the early warning signs of an Islamist totalitarian state… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Egypt • Human Rights • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Tue, November 27, 2012 at 00:01 am CET
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Contemporary Kemalist Intellectuals: Europeanizers Against Europe?

During the last decades, Kemalism, the modernization ideology of the Republic of Turkey, has been vehemently criticized… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • History • Religion • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, November 26, 2012 at 16:21 pm CET
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The Islamist Regime’s Game Plan for Egypt

What’s been happening in Egypt this week is as important as the revolution that overthrew the old regime almost two years ago… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion 
Posted on Fri, November 23, 2012 at 21:58 pm CET
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Egypt’s Islamist President Assumes Dictatorial Powers

Egypt’s President Morsi assumes sweeping powers, branded new pharaoh… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, November 4, 2012 at 15:06 pm CET
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The Sunni-Shia Conflict Will Be the Major Feature of Middle East Politics for Decades

We are not just talking here about theological differences but a battle between individual leaders, organizations, and states for power and primacy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Islamism • Politics • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Sun, October 28, 2012 at 11:09 am CET
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Why Economic Development As a Panacea for Middle East Problems is a Myth

While “economic development” sounds like a great idea, in practice it isn’t so effective… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Culture • Democracy • Economy • Islamic Countries • Religion • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, October 5, 2012 at 22:06 pm CEST
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Why They Love Usama, Hate Obama, and How Obama Uses the Same Tactic at Home

Why are tens of thousands of Middle Eastern Muslims chanting about how much they love Usama bin Ladin and how much they hate Barack (Hussein) Obama… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Global Islam • Obamaism • Religion 
Posted on Tue, August 21, 2012 at 20:01 pm CEST
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Which Way for Syria? Listen to the Sermons

The closer one gets to ground level in the Middle East, the crazier things become… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, July 29, 2012 at 20:19 pm CEST
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Lebanon: Fractured Past, Bleak Present

Bill Harris is one of the world’s leading authorities on Lebanon. In this interview he discusses politics there; the possibilities of war with Israel; how Western policy let down the moderates; and the dramatic effects of the Syrian civil war on that neighboring country… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Hezbollah • History • Lebanon • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense 
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 Wed, July 18, 2012 at 21:15 pm CEST
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Hindu vs. Muslim Honor Killings

Although the overwhelming majority of honor killings worldwide occur within Muslim communities, one would not know this by reading the mainstream media… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Global Islam • Hinduism • Human Rights • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Thu, July 12, 2012 at 21:31 pm CEST
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A First Look at Egypt’s New Constitution Shows a Careful Ambiguity On Islamic Rule

Although it isn’t official, the first two articles of Egypt’s new Constitution have been reportedly drafted by the committee of parliamentarians charged with that task… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Politics • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law