Sex jihadis in Syria have sex with countless rebels… Continue reading
Al-Qaeda linked terrorism threatens Tunisia’s economy and security… Continue reading
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading
People who believe the Arabic-speaking world is heading toward democracy don’t understand that Islamist forces are unleashed quite willing to engage in violence until total triumph… Continue reading
Revised and updated version of an interview Barry Rubin gave recently… Continue reading
If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, 2013 looks to be the year of the Arab Fall… Continue reading
The much-touted, Islamist-led coalition government in Tunisia is showing how little has changed… 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
Sometimes a secretary of state is asked tough questions. How they are answered shows the underlying philosophy of official and government… Continue reading
Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward… Continue reading
The Muslim Brotherhood branch in Tunisia is relatively new. It was established in the 1970s by… 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
And the Americans brought them to power… Continue reading
The region-wide upheaval known as “the Arab Spring” would make it seem that terrorism, especially Islamist terrorism, is pretty much as dead as are its thousands of victims… Continue reading
When Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, visited Tunisia, he was met with an ecstatic welcome from both the Tunisian public and authorities alike… Continue reading
Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading
Is Tunisia, the Arab world’s historically most moderate country in social and intellectual terms, headed for Islamism… Continue reading
It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading
A French junior minister said in an interview published Saturday there was no such thing as moderate Islam… Continue reading
The uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa during 2011 have largely bypassed Morocco… Continue reading
On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution… Continue reading
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