Category Archives: Islam

Obama Thinks Iran Can Rescue American Interests in the Middle East: He’s Wrong

TABLET MAG by Lee Smith June 18, 2014 The State Department now says that the United States has “shared interests” with Iran in Iraq, and talks are apparently ongoing between the two countries about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in … Continue reading

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Arab and Muslim Antisemitism: A Muslim Perspective

GATESTONE by Salim Mansur June 19, 2014 The contemporary resurgence of post-Shoah anti-Semitism in Europe is an indisputable reality. It rides on, or is fuelled by, the even more menacing spread of global Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism – driven by anti-Jew and … Continue reading

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Kurds edge towards statehood, with Turkish, Israeli help

FORTUNE by Geoffrey Smith June 20, 2014 The age-old dream of a Kurdish state is on the verge of being realized as the authority of Iraq’s central government frays. The world may be focusing on the looming battle for Baghdad between … Continue reading

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Has a Consumer Protection Office

THE ATLANTIC by Aaron Zelin June 13, 2014 A guide to how the militant group overrunning Iraq wins hearts and minds No sooner had it seized the Iraqi city of Mosul and surrounding villages, than the Islamic State of Iraq … Continue reading

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Why Child Support for Kidnapping Israelis Must be Widely Publicized. The 3 Finger Salute.

ALGEMEINER by Brian Thomas June 19, 2014 Yesterday our blog Israellycool published shocking pictures of child abuse. From all over the world adults are asking their kids to hold up three fingers, smile at the camera and posting these images … Continue reading

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ISIS Takeovers in Iraq: Biggest Islamist Victory Since 9/11

CLARION PROJECT by Ryan Mauro June 15, 2014 The West needs to understand that ISIS’ motivation is explicitly ideological, Islamist and anti-democratic. The takeover of about one-third of Iraq by the “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) terrorist group … Continue reading

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What Obama Hath Wrought

NATIONAL REVIEW by Quinn Hillyer June 16, 2014 Why we’re in a world of hurt Mark Helprin, author, journalist, and military-affairs instructor, was being interviewed by Frank Gaffney, hawkish defense expert, when Helprin summed up in one sentence what I hear so many people say to me … Continue reading

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Iran maneuvers to win blame game if nuclear talks collapse

LOS ANGELES TIMES by Paul Richter June 17, 2014 Iran’s nuclear negotiating team has come to this city hoping to seal a deal on its disputed nuclear program that will finally remove the international sanctions crippling its economy. But just … Continue reading

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Turkish Support for ISIS. Bad choices all around, Iran or psycho extremists?

WASHINGTON TIMES by Daniel Pipes June 18, 2014 The battle in Iraq consists of “Turkish-backed Sunni jihadis rebelling against an Iranian-backed Shi’ite-oriented central government,” I wrote in a recent article. Some readers question that the Republic of Turkey has supported the “Islamic State … Continue reading

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Hamas’ Genocidal Technocrats

FRONT PAGE MAG by Robert Spencer June 18, 2014 Hillary Clinton said Monday that she was in favor of Barack Obama’s support for the new Palestinian Authority unity government, even though it included the jihad terror group Hamas, because “the makeup of … Continue reading

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