Opinion

ISIS Is on the Verge of Expelling Northern Iraq’s Religious Minorities

To date, neither President Obama nor Secretary Kerry has mentioned the epic humanitarian and human-rights catastrophe underway in this large agricultural province that for over...

For Assyrians in Iraq It Is a Genocide

The Secretary General went so far as to "warn" against sectarian rhetoric that could further exacerbate the conflict while welcoming the voice of Ayatollah...

The Islamic State’s Challenge to the United States

The lights seem to be blinking red, but the United States is holding its fire for the moment, despite some calls from congressional hawks...

Terrorist Armies Fight Smarter and Deadlier Than Ever

In the immediate aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the West confronted terrorists who acted like, well, terrorists. In Iraq and Afghanistan,...

Arab Christians: ‘Convert, Pay, Die’ or Flee

Like the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear so they could be identified, rounded up and shipped to death chambers,...

Of Rab’a and Gaza

The first thing we notice is the utter disregard for life on all sides. Life in today’s Middle East is cheap; few regard the...

Jizya: ‘Protection’ from Whom?

The word jizya appears in Koran 9:29: “Fight those among the People of the Book who do not believe in Allah nor the...

The People of “Nouwn”: Christians Under Siege in Iraq

Christians fleeing north for their lives were told by the fighters identifying themselves as the army of the Islamic state that they had four...

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