Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:51 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia

The first Muslim Brotherhood activists came to Saudi Arabia in the first half of the 1950s… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Saudi Arabia • Wahhabism 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:51 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan

The Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan has a strong social, organizational and political foundation… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sudan 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:50 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Algeria

The Muslim Brotherhood apparently began its operations in Algeria in the 1940s… Continue reading

Topics: Algeria • Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:49 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, whose members are both trans-Jordanian and Palestinian in origin, is the main opposition in the country… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Jordan • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:49 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria

The Muslim Brotherhood was established in Syria in 1945 by disciples of Hassan al-Banna. At first it focused on educational and societal activities… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Syria 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:48 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

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

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Sun, April 8, 2012 at 11:48 am CEST
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Reinventing a Broken Wheel: The AKP’s ‘New’ Kurdish Strategy

On 21 March 2012, Turkish government officials began briefing trusted journalists on what they described as the new strategy of the ruling AKP for solving the country’s long-running Kurdish problem… Continue reading

Topics: History • Kurdish People • Kurdistan • PKK • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 18:46 pm CEST
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After the Arab Spring, Salafists are Moving Closer to Changing the Face of the Maghreb

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

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Crethi Plethi • Democracy • Islamism • Maghreb • Mauritania • Religion • Salafism 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 15:33 pm CEST
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The Eternal Liberation Movement

When we assess the global nature of the current assault on Jewish freedom and sovereignty in our country, we see that the Jewish fight for freedom is an eternal struggle… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Zionism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Hamas • History • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jew-Hatred • Jihadism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 14:37 pm CEST
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Are Jihadists Crazy?

Muslims who kill in the name of their religion frequently evade punishment in Western courts by pleading insanity or mental incompetence… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Political Correctness • Religion 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 11:39 am CEST
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Iran Nuclear Talks: What were the six points Obama sent Khamenei through Erdogan?

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Tehran and personally handed Obama’s six-point message to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… Continue reading

Topics: China • Diplomacy • Iran • Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, April 5, 2012 at 20:52 pm CEST
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Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”

And yet the West — with all its institutions of higher learning, including governmental agencies dealing with cultural and religious questions — is still thoroughly “confused” as to what Islam teaches… Continue reading

Topics: Academic Bias • Anti-Christianism • Global Islam • Jihadism • Media Bias • Political Correctness • Religion • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Wed, April 4, 2012 at 20:29 pm CEST
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U.S. Government and Media Cheer Muslim Brotherhood Regime in Egypt

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

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism 
Posted on Wed, April 4, 2012 at 20:02 pm CEST
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The Syrian Uprising: Turkish-Syrian Relations Go Downhill

As Syria sinks deeper and deeper into the throes of civil war, the decade-long honeymoon between Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party and Bashar al-Assad’s regime has all but ended… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Neo-Ottomanism • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, April 3, 2012 at 19:21 pm CEST
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Does the West Have to Be So Weak on Syria … and Everywhere Else?

America has started to leave our region and there will be no ally left to you… Continue reading

Topics: Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 2, 2012 at 23:00 pm CEST
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Promoting Palestinian Terrorism: A look back at the media coverage of the Palestine Papers

A media orchestrated political storm blew through the volatile Middle East last year with the release of over 1,600 confidential documents relating to Palestinian negotiations with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Hamas • History • Media Bias • Palestine Papers • Palestinian Authority • Palestinian Terrorism • Politics 
Posted on Sun, April 1, 2012 at 16:01 pm CEST
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Western Survival Depends on Western Pride

Claude Guéant, the French interior minister, sparked a firestorm last month when he praised Western values as “superior” to the oppressive ones found elsewhere, namely the Islamic world… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Europe • France • Geert Wilders • Global Islam • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Liberalism • Multiculturalism • Political Correctness • Western Culture 
Posted on Sun, April 1, 2012 at 11:37 am CEST
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Being an Israeli and a Jew in 2012: Let’s Face Reality Without Illusion, Shrug, and Move Forward

It is the year 2012, yet the hysterical hatred for Israel in the Arabic-speaking world and among Muslims in general has only increased… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Global Islam • Jew-Hatred 
Posted on Sat, March 31, 2012 at 20:28 pm CEST
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On Massacres and Motivations

Commenting on the recent massacre of 17 Afghan civilians that was allegedly carried out by Staff Sergeant Robert Bales… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Jihadism • Political Correctness • Religion • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, March 31, 2012 at 15:31 pm CEST
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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

The Damascus Declaration was a statement of unity by Syrian opposition figures issued October 16, 2005 criticizing the Assad regime… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Historical Documents • History • Human Rights • Syria 
Posted on Sat, March 31, 2012 at 13:45 pm CEST
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The Syrian Uprising: Syria’s Struggling Civil Society

Authoritarian regimes have traditionally been disinclined to accept any political or social opposition and have been hostile to the development of an independent civil society that could form a counterweight to state power… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Culture • Democracy • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, March 31, 2012 at 09:38 am CEST
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China-Turkey Summit: Economic Enticements Overshadow Differences

The decision of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to visit Turkey along with Ireland and the United States during his ten-day world tour before becoming president in about a year underscores the importance Turkey holds for China’s leaders… Continue reading

Topics: China • Diplomacy • Economy • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, March 30, 2012 at 21:51 pm CEST
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Betrayal Glorified: The Bizarre Jewish Movement to Destroy Israel by Pretending to Save It

I can only laugh at the idea of dilettante Peter Beinart and J Street as leader of the anti-Israel movement… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • History • Israel • Jewish Life • Zionism 
Posted on Thu, March 29, 2012 at 20:51 pm CEST
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The Syrian Uprising: The Muslim Brotherhood Reborn

As Syrian president Bashar al-Assad struggles to contend with a massive popular uprising, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood is poised to dominate whatever coalition of forces manages to unseat the Baathist regime… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, March 27, 2012 at 22:21 pm CEST
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No Escape from Authoritarianism? Turkey Suffers from the Lack of a Constituency for Liberal Change

Turkey’s old habits of state authoritarianism persist under the rule of the AKP… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Kurdish People • Turkey