Prominent Critic of Islam and Iran Murdered at Home in Sweden
Shot While Streaming on Social Media: A prominent free speech activist and critic of Islam known for staging public burnings of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, was murdered inside...
Charlie Hebdo
Uniting France
President Macron deserves credit for trying
Op-eds
The death threat to free speech in France
Islamists are using violence to command silence
Op-eds
Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland
Editor’s note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn’s testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security. Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Rogers, and other members of the committee, thank you for inviting...
Op-eds
Trump needs to tell Qatar’s emir to come clean about gifts to U.S. universities
When President Trump hosts the emir of Qatar at the ...
Op-eds
Letting freedom fade
Whatever happened to Charlie Hebdo? For years, the French satirical magazine threw spit balls at polite society. Its writers and cartoonists particularly delighted in ridiculing religions and pie...
Op-eds
The Future of Counter-Terrorism Strategy
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Congressional Testimonies
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...
Op-eds
Gulf Monarchies Condemned Orlando Attack While Promoting Hate Preachers: Government-Sponsored Cleric
America’s Gulf allies talk a good game against terrorism. They ...
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Hate Preachers on Qatar Campus: Obama Gives Qatar Undeserved A+ on Fighting Incitement
“Kill the infidels... Count them in number and do not spare one.” Blatant religious incitement of this sort feels like such a caricature of radical Is...
Op-eds
Report: Islamist Terrorism Responsible for 40% of Journalists’ Deaths in 2015
Islamist-animated terrorism caused the largest number of journalists’ deaths in 2015, according to a Tuesday report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Al-Qaida in the Arabi...
Op-eds
Perfect Submission Possible
Michel Houellebecq is a sardonic and iconoclastic French novelist, winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, and subject of considerable controversy in Europe these days. He deserves to be controv...
Op-eds
A Backlash Builds Against Saudi Salafism
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have once again put Saudi Arabia's brand of Salafi Islam, known as Wahhabism, under the microscope. In both Europe and the United Sta...
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The Paris Attacks: A Strategic Shift by ISIS?
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Congressional Testimonies
Forget Paris
For almost two generations, since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, self-proclaimed jihadis have been fighting to re-establish Islamic supremacy and domination in the world. Leaders of the na...
Op-eds
A France-U.S. Anti-Islamist Alliance
Even before the French-born Kouachi brothers went on a shooting rampage at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in January, French officials knew their luck was running out. Paris had always coun...
Op-eds
Michelle’s Dangerous Journey to Qatar
First Lady Michelle Obama, on her first solo trip to the Middle East, is scheduled Wednesday...
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The Exodus to Europe’s Promised Lands
Hundreds of thousands of migrants are leaving the Middle East, heading to what they see as the promised lands of Europe and, if possible, America. Notice where they are not going. The Or...
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The ISIS Attack and Turkey’s Islamist Kurds
An ISIS-linked suicide bomber attacked the southern Turkish border town of Suruç on Monday, killing 32 and wounding 100. The victims were preparing for a trip to reconstruct the war-torn S...
Op-eds
Ali Alfoneh: Tehran’s Brutal Crackdown Continues
Almost two years into the presidency of Hassan Rouhani, and just as long after the start of the latest round of nuclear negotiations with Tehran, human rights in Iran show no signs of improvement...