By Daniel Greenfield Every time Obama gives a speech about foreign policy, he inserts some obligatory mention of how he wants to negotiate peace between Israel and the “Palestinian” people. And how that will create stability in the region. The latter is a Saudi line that the parrots of the West have been taught to … Continue reading »
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Turkey presents Prophet’s sayings for the 21st Century
The hadiths record the Prophet Mohammad’s words and acts during his life. (File photo: Reuters) Al Arabiya with Reuters – Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical, compilation of the Prophet Mohammad’s sayings that might scrap those it thought were no … Continue reading »
Islamists in Egypt and Turkey: a comparison
The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies compared Islamists in Egypt and Turkey. (File) Al Arabiya Institute for Studies – Hoshnek Oussi The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies examined 15 points of conversion and difference between Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood rule, and Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AK). 1. Turkey’s Islamists have long … Continue reading »
Israel seeks Turkish airbase to enable Iran strike
Yaakov Amidror travels to Ankara offering advanced defense technology in exchange for an airstrike launching platform, the Sunday Times reports By Ron Friedman Illustrative photo of an F-16 jet (photo credit: Nati Shohat /Flash90) When National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror arrives in Turkey on Sunday to discuss compensation for flotilla victims, he will also … Continue reading »
OIC President asks for a seat for the Muslim world on the UNSC
NO WAY… Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. (Photo: AA, İrfan Sapmaz) 19 April 2013 /SERVET YANATMA, JEDDAH The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu said that there must be a seat for allocated for the OIC in the UN Security Council (UNSC). Talking to Today’s Zaman as he … Continue reading »
Turkey: Guns of 15,000 abusive men seized under domestic violence law
See?All it takes is a excuse… and these are Obama’s BFF’s in the Middle East… TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Şahin has announced that the weapons of 15,000 men found to have been involved in violence against women have been confiscated as a protective measure since the Law on the Prevention … Continue reading »
Yemeni officials: Jihad in Syria causes problems for Yemen
By Abu Bakr al-Yamani in Sanaa Members of Liwaa Hamza, a newly-formed Islamic brigade in the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, hold the flags of Jabhat al-Nusra (left) and another Islamist unit. [Zac Baillie/AFP] Yemeni officials and clerics are criticising calls for Yemeni youth to fight alongside Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) and other extremist opposition groups … Continue reading »
The Kurdish Factor
By MATTHIEU AIKINS Sebastiano Tomada Sawoushka Ahmed and Kurdish fighters in Sheikh Maksoud, Aleppo, on March 30. ALEPPO, Syria — On Saturday I trudged across the grassy ravine that separates Sheikh Maksoud, a majority-Kurdish neighborhood on a hilltop, from the rebel-held portions of the city. Beside me were rebel fighters carrying weapons and ammunition. Civilians … Continue reading »
Is Kurdistan the Taiwan of the Middle East?
By Kevin Sullivan Finding silver linings in the cloudy modern Middle East can at times prove difficult. War in Syria, sectarian standoffs in Iraq and a regional cold war between Iran and Western-aligned Arab regimes make for a pretty ugly map of the region. Ditching the maps could prove helpful. While several Mideast nations struggle … Continue reading »
The Eastern Mediterranean Region: A new perspective
The Eastern Mediterranean region, also known as the Middle East, continuously features on top of the international news. In fact, it has been in the news since the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. The problem is that it is currently the focus of global threats and most probably … Continue reading »
Turkey was warned on Warnings on US Embassy attack in Advance
Turkish President Abdullah Gül speaks during a joint news conference with his Serbian counterpart, Tomislav Nikolic (not pictured), on Feb. 4, 2013. (Photo: AA, Evrim Aydın) QUESTION is did the State Dept know as well? WTF/TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL Turkish President Abdullah Gül has expressed his regrets over the fact that police could not prevent the US … Continue reading »
Turkey detains Bin Laden’s son-in-law Abu Gheith
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Gheith was al-Qaeda’s spokesman and lived in a camp in Iran until he was forced to flee the country. (Photo courtesy http://www.aawsat.com) By Al Arabiya with Agencies Turkish security forces have detained Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Gheith in Ankara following a tipoff from U.S. Central Intelligence Agency … Continue reading »
#myjihad The Islamist push to declare Islamophobia racism
REALLY…Couldn’t possibly be all the terrorism.. Speakers at the two-day panel organized by the Ministry of Youth and hosted by Maltepe University agree that Islamophobia is a new form of racism. (Photo: Today’s Zaman, Kübra Kara) 27 January 2013 /SEVGI AKARÇEŞME, İSTANBUL Participants of an international panel discussion held in İstanbul over the weekend agreed … Continue reading »
Kurds, a nation once again.
Kurds gain from regional tectonic shift in northeast Syria following the Assad regime’s retreat back to Damascus. By Jonathan Spyer, GLORIA In Syria, the Assad regime’s retreat back to Damascus and the Alawi heartlands in the west of the country has made possible the emergence of a Kurdish autonomous area in the country’s northeast. This … Continue reading »
Turkey: Headed for Sharia
The menu for meals on my Turkish Airlines flight earlier this month assured passengers that food selections “do not contain pork.” The menu also offered a serious selection of alcoholic drinks, including champagne, whisky, gin, vodka, raki, wine, beer, liqueur, and cognac. This oddity of simultaneously adhering to and ignoring Islamic law, the sharia, symbolizes … Continue reading »
A Kurdish state is being established, and Baghdad may accept it
By David Hirst The Daily Star/ I was surprised last week to read an article in the Baghdad newspaper Al-Sabah, by its editor Abd al-Jabbar Shabbout, suggesting it was time to settle the “age-old problem” between Iraq’s Arabs and Kurds by establishing a “Kurdish state.” For never before had I heard so heretical a view … Continue reading »
