AKP Eyes Alevi Voters – Again and to No Avail
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state should pay the...
Mormons
Pastor Brunson is free. But the West still needs a policy on Erdogan’s hostages.
In a major reversal Friday, a Turkish court ...
Op-eds
The Brunson farce
Turkey’s indictment against Pastor Andrew Brunson reveals why charges against him shouldn’t hold up in any legitimate court.
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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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Border disputes
Al Qaeda does not value diversity and it’s not an equal opportunity employer. The same can be said of the Islamic State. And when the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran want to commit a...
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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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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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Spooky Sex: Inside the Randy Culture of the CIA
"A cock has no shame.” That’s what it said on the little plaque on the door of the espionage instructor. He’d been discovered a few nights earlier going at it with a female juni...
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Islam Blasphemy Riots Now Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The United States is the world’s undisputed king of culture. No country’s film industry can rival Hollywood; no nation’s musical artists sell more records worldwide than America...
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American Muslims Are Victims
That’s the mainstream media’s faith-based narrative and they’re sticking to it.
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Ground Zero Mosque: The Bombast of Imam Feisal
After summering in Malaysia and assorted petro-capitals of the Arabian Gulf, the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, is back in America - though not for long. His...
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What Is Moderate Islam?
Is the “Ground Zero Imam,” Feisal Abd ar-Rauf, a moderate Muslim? I do not know. I have yet to read his books or peruse his speeches and sermons in all the languages that Mr. Rauf use...
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The Shooting of Luqman Abdullah
The shootout occurred during an FBI raid designed to disrupt a variety of illegal activities being carried out by Abdullah and at least ten of his associates—activities that were uncovered...
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Symposium: Banning Sharia?
Just recently, the Australian government informed its Muslims that those amongst them who want to live under Islamic Sharia law should leave the country. In other words: if secularism is not your...