Tag Archives: Radical Islam

Clare M. Lopez

Muslim Brotherhood Trying to Police the NYPD

After forcing the FBI and CIA to purge their counterterrorism training programs of all references to “Islam” in “Islamic terrorism,” the Muslim Brotherhood in America has turned its sights on the New York Police Department (NYPD). Image credit: Reuters Writers from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of [...]
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Lawrence Meyers

In Crisis, Faith and Reason Trump Atheism and Radical Islam

“I did a terrible thing and even though I know God will forgive me, I’ll never be able to forgive myself”.  How many times have we heard those words?  What do they really mean?  My book, Teacher of the Year: The Mystery and Legacy of Edwin Barlow examines the issue of God’s forgiveness through the [...]
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Roni Drukan

A New Chapter In Middle East History – A Time To Realign Allies

For 4 decades America could count on Egypt as a reliable ally in managing Middle East affairs. For 4 decades American military aid guaranteed Egyptian government would stick by its western allies. Well that chapter in history is over and a new chapter begins. As Islamic movements grab power across the Middle East, the US can [...]
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Jason Bradley

The Institute of Egypt Set Ablaze in Cairo

When the 29-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army of the Orient arrived on Egyptian soil, it marked the first time since 1250 that a European military force set foot in the Dar-al-Islam. Napoleon fashioned himself after other influential world leaders and state builders such as Alexander and Caesar. In that regard, Napoleon brought [...]
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Roni Drukan

The Economic Factors Behind Arab Spring Revolutions and Why Mubarak Was Right

2011 saw some world pillars toppling down. Dictators have fallen in the Arab world as people were hoping for a better future. Prime Ministers have fallen in Europe as its currency plunged into crisis. An earthquake and tsunami pummeled Japan, confronting it with the specter of nuclear disaster. But while the Arab Spring revolutions erupted unexpectedly, [...]
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Roni Drukan

Will Freedom Drown in the Tidal Wave of Islamic Revolution?

Not since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War has the Middle East experienced such radical change. Dictators have fallen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; Syria is suffering civil war; and rebellion is cooking in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Kuwait. But with several revolutions behind us, the question [...]
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Alyssa A. Lappen

Seeing Real Life Sharia In Action (Part III)

A continuation of the review of: Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws are Choking Freedom Worldwide Read Part I and Part II here. Victims in the West In addition to additional Muslim reformers, the book covers several other cases of apostates, Christian converts and former Muslim critics, including the especially heroic Ibn Warraq and former Syrian physician Wafa Sultan (280-286), most [...]
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Alyssa A. Lappen

Seeing Real Life Sharia In Action (Part I)

Review of: Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws are Choking Freedom Worldwide “Apostasy is, in principle, subject to sharia hudud rules, which means that the punishment—death—is believed to be fixed by divine order and not subject to judicial discretion…,” write Paul Marshall and Nina Shea in chapter two of Silenced: How Apostasy and [...]
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Roni Drukan

Tunisia Vote A Test To Arab Spring Revolutions

Tunisia is where the Arab Spring revolt began. It is also the first country to go through elections post its Arab Spring revolution. And who is about to win a land slide victory in this election? The Islamist party of course. Tunisians will vote Sunday for a constituent assembly that will set the course for a [...]
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Roni Drukan

Western Interference In Arab Spring Civil Wars May Be Counter Productive

8 months ago civilian struggle erupted in Syria and Libya. While so far, western countries were not able to pass any serious resolution about Syria’s civil oppression, Libya is a different story. Concern for Libya’s oil reserves led NATO to launch military mission against Libya. Of course it was never described this way, formally the [...]
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