The ripple effect of the Hamas-Hezbollah fight is likely to reach Lebanon A few hours after a security meeting between Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas issued a statement on Monday calling on Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria, adding that the Party of God’s role in Syria “increased sectarian polarization.” Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al … Continue reading »
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Managing Expectations in Taliban Talks
If you believe the headlines, peace is breaking out–or about to break out–in Afghanistan. The breathlessly relayed news of the moment is that the Taliban have agreed to open a diplomatic office in Qatar to launch peace talks with the U.S. and the Karzai government. All I can say is: Don’t get your hopes up. … Continue reading »
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s African Safari
By Joseph Hammond From Ghana to Egypt to the Horn, the departing president has leveraged economic and diplomatic ties to expand Iran’s reach in Africa. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped on to the tarmac in Accra, the capital of Ghana, some wondered if the April trip would be his last visit abroad as the leader of … Continue reading »
Lebanon: Nabatiyeh is Hezbollahs fortress Part 3
NABATIYEH, Lebanon – Yesterday’s column covered the emergence of Hezbollah’s iron grip on Nabatiyeh and its surroundings in addition to those who rebelled against it. The following represents the last part of this report. The people of Nabatiyeh were growing silently weary of Hezbollah’s and the Amal Movement’s authority, particularly of the indefatigable distribution of … Continue reading »
6 Muslims Sentenced to Community Service for Gang Rape of 15 Year Old Swedish Girl
By Daniel Greenfield Swedish jail cell The six teenage boys put on trial for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl represent a rainbow of Muslim diversity. There are Turks, Arabs and Africans. So naturally after the trial, the judge threw the book at them the way only a Swedish judge can throw the book … Continue reading »
Saudi Arabia is Hottest New Twitterspace
Saudi Arabia is the hottest new Twitterspace in the cyber world, according to a recent report by GlobalWebIndex. By Chana Ya’ar Saudi Arabia is the hottest new Twitterspace in the cyber world, according to a recent report by GlobalWebIndex. The kingdom now shows the highest rate of tweeting in relation to number of users worldwide, … Continue reading »
IRS Plays Favorites With Hamas-Tied, Democrat-backed CAIR
Misfeasance: While the IRS was hassling any nonprofit group with the word “patriot” in its name, it was rubberstamping exemptions for “Islamic” groups, even organizations that violate disclosure laws. Worse, it was even finding favor with nonprofits tied to terrorism — namely, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, which not coincidentally is yoked to the … Continue reading »
CAIR-FL Seeks Review of UCF Courses Taught by Anti-Islam Prof
Whatever Hamas… Professor at publicly-funded institution works with anti-Muslim hate group, says Germany will be ‘Islamic republic’ by 2050 By Council on American-Islamic Relations Published: Monday, Jun. 17, 2013 – 10:32 am TAMPA, Fla., June 17, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL), along with other community organizations, announced … Continue reading »
Political uncertainty looms over Afghan women
Women listen to a speech by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai during a district assembly gathering in Kabul last month. — Reuters KABUL — A legal requirement that women make up at least a quarter of all provincial elected officials was quietly removed by conservative male parliamentarians, officials said, the latest in a series of decisions undermining … Continue reading »
Teen girl beheads father with bush knife after he rapes her
Incident in Papua New Guinea shocks the world A teenage girl beheaded her father with a bush knife after he raped her at their home in Papua New Guinea, a report said Monday, with community leaders protecting her, saying the man deserved to die. The Post-Courier newspaper said the 18-year-old chopped her father’s head … Continue reading »
Sri Lanka:Teen daughter’s lover stabs her mom to death over marriage refusal
By Correspondent A Sri Lankan youth stabbed a woman to death after she refused to allow him to marry her underage daughter. The youth from Kotuwala Wellampitiya approached the woman on Monday morning and sought her permission to marry her 14-year-old daughter. When the mother turned him down, he flew into a rage and … Continue reading »
Egypt: Man arrested for molesting children after Quran lessons
Al-Masry Al-Youm A man was arrested in Cairo on Monday on charges of molesting young children after their Quran lessons. Three separate reports filed by the families of the children accuse the man of molesting them while giving lessons about the Quran and Islam in a small mosque in the Nasr City district of Cairo. … Continue reading »
Muslim Persecution of Christians: The Spring Offensive
By Raymond Ibrahim Originally published by the Gatestone Institute. The Islamic jihad against Christians in Nigeria is proving to be the most barbaric. A new report states that 70% of Christians killed around the world in 2012 were killed in the African nation. Among some of the atrocities committed in March alone, at least 41 … Continue reading »
Iran’s dangerous new ‘moderate’ President
If you followed the news over the weekend, you would have come away with the impression that the Islamic Republic of Iran just elected a reform-minded moderate leader as president. “Iran: Moderate candidate wins presidential vote,” read USA Today’s headline. The New York Times reported, “Iran Moderate Wins Presidency by a Large Margin.” A Reuters … Continue reading »
The Least Peaceful Countries in the World are Muslim
By Daniel Greenfield So much for the Religion of Peace trademark. With so much of strife and violence dominating our world, and the aftermath of the Arab Spring, its violent protests and repressive regimes adding their bit, it is not surprising that world peacefulness declined in 2013. The seventh edition of the Global Peace Index … Continue reading »
Lebanon: Nabatiyeh is Hezbollahs fortress Part 2
Never had Nabatiyeh’s residents known such clear-cut alignments as those witnessed during the last two decades. They are no strangers to disputes and conflicts, which date back to the division between supporters of the Assaad and Osseiran families, in addition to the Palestinian resistance, and the rise of leftist movements and its repercussions. However, it … Continue reading »
