Fighting Israel on other battlefields
Enemies of the Jewish state launch attacks at the UN and in the media
Ahmadiyya
Despots dominate the WHO and the UNHRC
American engagement alone cannot fix UN agencies
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The trouble with religious freedom
Some members of Congress disapprove of USCIRF’s defense of faith communities
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A little pivot to Central Asia
Kazakhstan is one of the ten largest countries in the world, yet most Americans couldn’t find it on a map. It spans Central Asia, home to the world’s most sophisticated civilizations...
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A bloody day in London town
“The Kafir’s Blood Is Halal For You, So Shed it.” That’s just one of the catchier headlines in a recent issue of ...
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What went wrong in Pakistan
Pakistan was meant to be a model, an example for other nations to emulate. It was founded after World War II, as the sun was set...
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How the world has changed since 9/11
The 15th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 should be a time for mourning, commemoration, reflection — and strategic planning. But many people prefer to avoid thinking to...
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The Battle of Bangladesh
Over the past ten months, there have been more than 30 terrorist attacks in Bangladesh. In recent days, an Italian aid worker was gunned down as he went for a jog. Also shot to death was a Cathol...
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The Ideology Whose Name Presidents Dare Not Speak
Is there a “Bush/Obama approach” to talking about what drives and justifies terrorism? Michael Gerson says there is. I think he’s right. He argues that this approach is preferab...
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The Murder Of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Symbolizes Pakistan’s Descent Into Self-Annihilation
Tomorrow, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar — the Canadian/American doctor who was assassinated last month in front of his wife and child, while he was performing a humanitarian mission in Pakistan &mdas...
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Holy Wars
Not Muslims against infidels – Muslims against Muslims.
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What Pakistan Needs is a South Asian Anwar Sadat
Power is an addictive drug. And like all addictions, it can drive men to reckless, even suicidal risks. Of this, there is no better example than Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s Presid...
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Ahmadi Muslims, Killed in Pakistan but Welcomed Here, Perfectly Symbolize Our Canadian Values
Last week, when Canadians learned that the federal government was set to announce the creation of a new “Office of Religious Freedom,” CBC reported the news with...
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First the Ahmadi, Then Everybody Else
It isn’t al-Qaeda that’s slaughtering religious minorities in Muslim lands.
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‘Islam Is Islam, And That’s It’
The Arab Spring was not hijacked
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The European Caliphate
A refugee from the Muslim world sees it taking shape.
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The Government’s Jihad on Jihad
Still lookin' for love in all the wrong places.
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70 killed in terror assault on Lahore mosques
The Punjabi Taliban have taken credit for storming two mosques in Lahore and murdering more than 70 Pakistanis who belonged to a sect of Islam banned by the Pakistani government. Two squ...
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The Role of Consensus in the Contemporary Struggle for Islam
Jordan's King Abdullah II launched an ambitious project in November 2004 designed to address some of the thorniest theological issues currently facing Muslims. The project, known as the "Amman Message," expressly holds that non-Muslims can reasonably "expect certain things from Muslims" in the contemporary context, in which Muslims and non-Muslims have unprecedented contact.[i] The Amman Message was self-consciously launched against the backdrop of the "global war on terror," where predominantly stateless terror networks claiming allegiance to Islam have managed to drastically alter the geopolitical landscape.
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Hate To Break This To You: Moderate Isn’t Mainstream and Extremist Isn’t Radical
Hard to decide what is more maddening in stories like these — the fact that there are ALWAYS stories like these, or the media’s stubborn refusal to come to grips with the evidence of...