Hamas Backers Gather in Qatar for Ismail Haniyeh’s Funeral
Mourners gathered in Doha, Qatar, on August 2 to pay their respects to Hamas’s late political chief, Ismail Haniyeh. Haniyeh died in a presumed Israeli hit on his guesthouse in...
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Prime Minister Slams Facebook for Removing Post Praising Haniyeh
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim strongly criticized Meta Platforms — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — after his Facebook post mourning the assassination...
Flash Briefs
Malaysian PM Reaffirms Friendship With Hamas
Speaking at a conference in Tokyo on May 23, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim defended his country’s relationship with Hamas. “Did I promote terrorism?” Ibrahim asked,...
Flash Briefs
Biden’s betrayal of Israel only means more civilians will die
A decade ago, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously declared that Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four...
Op-eds
Iran Uses Malaysia to Fund Terror Proxies
Undersecretary of the Treasury Brian Nelson embarked on a four-day trip to Singapore and Malaysia on May 6 to address terror financing in Southeast Asia. On May 7, Nelson reported...
Flash Briefs
How Malaysia Became a Training Ground for Hamas
It was like a scene out of the Mission: Impossible series. ...
Op-eds
How North Korea Cheats Sanctions
In July 2013, U.S. law-enforcement was tipped off about a North Korean vessel that was making its first visit to the Americas in four years. Authorities were told the Chong Chon Gang, which was s...
Op-eds
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...
Congressional Testimonies
Islamology 101
Few Americans would get a passing grade.
Op-eds
The CIA and Al-Qaeda
In intelligence it’s not so much what you don’t know as what you won’t know. Al Qaeda was initially formed in 1988, when the Soviet Union announced the humiliating with...
Op-eds
Sounds of Silence
Welcome to a world where criticism of militant Islam could land you in court or worse. In Vancouver, Canada's venerable Maclean's magazine awaits a hate-speech verdict from a human-righ...
Op-eds
Imam Feisal Watch: Let’s Try It Again, Where’s the Man Behind the GZ Mosque?
Where exactly is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the $100 million Ground Zero mosque project? I keep asking because weeks after he stopped answering any questions about his "Cordoba House"...
Op-eds
Mysteries Of The Absent Imam Feisal
For a man whom one would hope has nothing to hide, the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque project sure has dropped out of sight. Having triggered an uproar in the U.S., Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf duc...
Op-eds
Where In The World Is Imam Feisal?
Plans for a $100 million high-rise Islamic Center next to New York's Ground Zero are generating lots of controversy, as well as great distress among families of some of the thousands murdere...
Op-eds
See Cynthia and Mohamad Play Tag Team
Last August, after the Lebanese/Hezbollah war on Israel ended, we observed the irony that one country sending troops to the new, purportedly more effective, United Nations Interim Force in Lebano...
Op-eds
Intelligence Games
Well, we knew this was coming. he...
Op-eds
After Annan
Authored by Velykhan Velshi Kofi Annan's tenure as UN Secretary General will finish at the end of the year. His legacy will be one of scandal and failure. The UN peacekeepi...
Op-eds
Will the UN Pick Another Crook?
Authored by Alykhan Velshi Kofi Annan's tenure as UN Secretary General will finish at the end of the year. His legacy will be one of scandal and failure. The UN peacekeepin...
Op-eds
Myths of War: The Ten Most Widely Believed Distortions About the Global Conflict Now Underway
Co-Authored with Alykhan Velshi Ronald Reagan once said: “It’s not that liberals are ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t true.&rdquo...