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Syrian Christians and the English Jew

Elsewhere, it’s much worse. Twenty-one Copts were beheaded  by the Islamic State affiliate in Libya for the crime of being Christian. In those large swaths...

Egypt: War on Terrorism or War on the Constitution

  Official and media circles are increasingly supportive of the idea that confronting terrorism necessitates granting extra-constitutional powers to the police and other state organs....

Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas Get Unexpected Boost from Iran Deal

  Last Friday, the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, traveled to Saudi Arabia from his home in Qatar, ending several years of deep chill...

Did U.S. Shoot Down Idea of Syria Safe Zone, Days After It Was Announced?

  This confusion is a microcosm of the disorganized U.S. approach to the Islamic State threat since last summer. Each incremental escalation into which the...

Islamist “Justice”: Slow Painful Death for Christian Mother Asia Bibi in Pakistan

  Instead of executing Asia Bibi and further advertising to the international community that theirs is a savage and backwards nation — and instead of...

The Mystery of ISIS

  Review of two books:    ‘ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,’ by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, and ‘ISIS: The State of Terror,’ by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger. The author of this...

Seriously: Al Qaeda Is Not Our Ally!

  Enemies becoming friends is seemingly all the rage these days. First Cuba. Then Iran. Now, there are those arguing that al Qaeda must also...

Backing Up Our Wager With Iran

      From the minute Iran detected that the U.S. was unwilling to use its overwhelming military force to curtail Tehran’s nuclear program — and that...

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