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US. State Dept. Invites Muslim Leaders, Denies Christians

  Late on the evening of May 8, Newsmax TV announced that pressure from Americans acquainted with Sister Diana Momeka’s visa rejection has just caused the State...

Why Egypt’s Conservative Judiciary Doesn’t Always Do Sisi’s Bidding

  An independent judiciary is often seen as indispensable for the healthy functioning of a democracy.   So it may come as a surprise to the casual...

The Saudi Connection: Wahhabism and Global Jihad

  The Saudi kingdom’s inseparability from the Wahhabi form of Sunni Islam, first espoused in 1744 and the fundamental creed of Saudi Arabia since its...

Armenians Refocus on Reparations after Genocide Anniversary

  Every year on April 24, the day commonly accepted as the beginning of the Armenian genocide, Ankara vehemently refuses to recognize the 1915 massacre and deportation...

Former CIA Official Cites Agency’s Failure to See Al-Qaeda’s Rebound

  U.S. intelligence agencies badly misjudged al-Qaeda’s ability to take advantage of political turmoil in the Middle East and regain strength across the region after...

Is Assad Finished?

    A number of reports have been published in recent days suggesting the tide of the war in Syria may finally have turned decisively against...

Copts and Robbers: Can The Remnants of Christianity in Nubia Be Preserved?

  The northern part of the territory now ruled by the benighted Sudanese regime was once Christian, the domain of a church that celebrated its...

A War to End Jihad

    As April turned to May 100 years ago, the Middle East was torn by unprecedented violence. Armenians across the Ottoman Empire were ordered to...

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