Opinion

How to Get Egypt’s Generals Back on America’s Side

The nasheed continues, encouraging jihadists to raise up their swords, fight for god, and make their way to paradise. In the next scene, terrorists...

Charlie Hebdo Stands Solidly for Free Expression. The West Must Do No Less

Consequently, the heinous attack it suffered Wednesday — when gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar” invaded its Paris offices and slaughtered 12 people, including editor Stéphane...

God Is Not a Scientific Hypothesis

But is this the right way to think about God as Creator? Is the rational basis for believing in His existence really dependent on...

The Christian Heart of American Exceptionalism

This is all the more remarkable because our Founders drafted a deliberately secular constitution.   In 20 quietly revolutionary words, Article VI declares that “o...

Why Egypt’s General Intelligence Chief Was Ousted

It is more likely than not that Al Sissi will be able to pull together the Egyptian “State” structure after the period of upheaval...

Five Reasons Why 2015 May Bring Positive Changes to the Middle East

I can see why. The Carnegie Endowment recently asked its experts what region of the world would be home to the most “headline-making crises”...

Dwindling Support for Egypt’s Political Prisoners

One of the regime’s most potent tools in suppressing dissenting voices has been the 2013 protest law, which allows authorities to impose multi-year sentences...

It’s a Black Christmas for the Christians of the Middle East

The churchyard was jammed with plastic tents in United Nations sky blue and white, tents that were now the only homes of people who...

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