Allah

May 13, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Ayman al-Zawahiri eulogizes Jalaluddin Haqqani

On May 10...

May 13, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Shabaab official justifies attacks on civilians while preaching the sanctity of Muslim blood

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May 11, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Al Qaeda video emphasizes unity with Taliban’s Islamic emirate

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May 6, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State loyalists fight on in Libya

A team of Islamic State jihadists raided a military camp in the southern Libyan city of Sebha on May 4. It was the latest in a string of small-scale operations carried out by the so-called caliphate a...

April 24, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

Man Storms German Church Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Injures 9 People

The attacker has been identified as a 36-year-old Somali man.

April 17, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Al Qaeda declares solidarity with Turkistan Islamic Party in the face of Chinese oppression

April 8, 2019 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

The Revolutionary Guard’s Disinformation Campaign to Dominate Iran’s Economy

hen Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution,[note][1] Mohsen Sazegara, “The Revolutionary Guard and the Three Perversions,” Personal...

March 21, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State spokesman claims group remains a ‘reality’ despite losses

The Islamic State’s spokesman, Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir, released a lengthy speech on Mar. 18. His talk, which was translated into English by the so-called caliphate’s online media team, contains many...

March 18, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Turkistan Islamic Party head decries Chinese occupation

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March 14, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

AQIM official calls for sharia governance in Algeria

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March 6, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Things we know that aren’t so

It’s not just homo economicus who threatens us

February 15, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Hurras al-Din reach a new accord

On Feb. 10, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Hurras al-Din (HAD) reached a new accord. The agreement was forged after nearly two weeks of vitriolic debate — the latest in a series of disagreements...

February 7, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Zawahiri criticizes jihadists in Syria for clinging to territory under Turkey’s protection

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August 20, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Turkey’s Economy Czar Fails to Save the Lira

With the Turkish lira caught in a downward spiral, millions in Turkey tuned last Friday into the long-anticipated ...

August 10, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Turkish Economy Minister Fails to Save Currency

With the Turkish lira caught in a downward spiral, millions in Turkey today tuned into the long-anticipated...

May 4, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd

It was surely Barack Obama’s profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled his nuclear diplomacy and made his atomic accord with Iran the worst arms-control agre...

March 14, 2018 | Clifford D. May

A pope and a grand imam

Pope Tawadros II had planned to spend last week on retreat in a monastery near Alexandria. But then Mohammed bin Salman, on a three-day visit to Egypt, asked to see him. The Saudi Crown...

February 5, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn

Iranian Women Protest the Mandatory Hijab

Iran has now arrested at least 29 women for refusing to wear the hija...

August 16, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

Can the Washington Post Google Anti-Jewish Incitement?

A July 27, 2017, Washington Post ...

August 9, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Not everyone can join the American Nation

This is a peculiar moment in history, one in which we have come to expect the unexpected. Even so, I was surprised to see this: a reporter and a White House official debating poetry. I&r...