Fighting Israel on other battlefields
Enemies of the Jewish state launch attacks at the UN and in the media
Hindus
Human Rights Watch crosses a threshold
Its latest attack on Israel goes beyond antisemitism.
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Despots dominate the WHO and the UNHRC
American engagement alone cannot fix UN agencies
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Bring Asia Bibi to America
She lives in an unfree and intolerant nation, and her life is in imminent danger.
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In Turkey and Pakistan, discouraging elections
Not so long ago, freedom and democracy seemed to be on the march in the world, with Turkey and Pakistan, two strategically important Muslim-majority nations, near the front of the parade. That tu...
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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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Skirmishes on the Indian front
What do you make of this month’s attacks on Pathankot Air Force Station and Bacha Khan University? My guess is you don’t know -- you’ve heard next to nothing about either....
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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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Jihadism and ‘the language of good and evil’
''The battle of Waterloo," the Duke of Wellington is supposed to have said, "was won on the playing fields of Eton." The battle against the Islamic State could be lost on the campuses o...
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The Jihad According to Rand Paul
Last month, at the Values Voter Summit, a gathering of conservative activists from around the country, Senator Rand Paul gave a speech on...
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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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Can a Scarred Muslim Nation Ever Get ‘Truth and Reconciliation’?
No one knows when or how Syria’s civil war will end. Nor Afghanistan’s fight against the Taliban. Nor Pakistan’s struggle against jihadis in its northwestern border region. Iran...
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Islamology 101
Few Americans would get a passing grade.
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Oliver Stone’s Party Line
Re-litigating the Cold War and defending the honor of poor old Joe Stalin.
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Into Africa
Al Qaeda and its affiliates are gaining a foothold.
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The Bulgarian Terror Attack Shows Why We Must Honour the Munich 11 in London
Terrorists who attack civilian targets are cowards at the best of times. But killers such as those who blew up a bus carrying Israeli youth in the Bulgarian resort city of Burgas on Wednesday fal...
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The Real Palestinian Refugee Problem
Most aren’t refugees. They’re pawns.
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From Brampton to Bangladesh, Anti-Hindu Hate is All Too Real
The last week has done much to educate me in the ethnic politics of South Asia. After writing...
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Terror in Toulouse
French officials have identified the gunman responsible for the deaths of seven people, including three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse, as a French-Algerian named Mohammad Me...
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Mahmoud and the Wizards of Turtle Bay
Declarations and resolutions do not a state make.