Muslims

January 16, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

‘The Cruelty of Forced Labor’: U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Firms Implicated in Uyghur Genocide 

The United States has extended its efforts to punish Chinese firms suspected of using forced labor from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority is facing...

January 15, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Coming to America

It’s not just mass illegal immigration that poses a threat

January 15, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Good news and bad news from Lebanon as Nawaf Salam elected premier

Israel-bashing president of the International Court of Justice hardly seems the one to bring peace with neighbor

January 8, 2025 | Mariam Wahba, Ahmad Sharawi

Syria’s new Minister of Justice: A profile of Shadi Mohammed al Waisi

Shadi Mohammed al Waisi is the newly appointed Minister of Justice in the transitional government in Syria. Al Waisi has faced criticism from Syrian activists and international media after videos surfaced...

January 7, 2025 | David Adesnik |

In Verified Footage, New Syrian Justice Minister Presided Over Woman’s 2015 Execution  

The woman kneels on the pavement, waiting for a bullet to the back of her head. She has been convicted of “corruption and prostitution.” Standing behind her is Shadi al-Waisi, who currently serves...

January 6, 2025 | Mariam Wahba

Turning the Page on Intolerance: Egypt’s Textbook Reforms

Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic content and other problematic material, revising over 350 state-issued books since 2018 as a part of an ambitious reform program....

January 3, 2025 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Shadow War

A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023).

December 26, 2024 | Caleb Weiss |

Shabaab announces the death of senior official Mohamed Mire

Earlier today, Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, publicly announced the death of Mohamed Mire, one of the group’s senior-most officials. The jihadist group stated that Mire was killed in...

December 22, 2024 | Will Selber |

The Islamic State and Iran remain determined to attack the US

Despite the recent successes of federal law enforcement agencies, the number of attempted attacks underscores these adversaries’ determination. Since the October 8 arrest of an Afghan man...

December 19, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem on Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanon and about-face on Syria

On Saturday, Hezbollah’s recently minted Secretary-General Naim Qassem offered his group’s first comment on the downfall of the regime of Bashar al Assad in Syria. The Assad regime was one of Hezbollah’s...

December 17, 2024 | Mariam Wahba |

Egypt Revises School Textbooks to Expunge Antisemitic Content

Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic and anti-Christian content, with approximately 80 percent of Egyptian students in elementary and preparatory education now...

December 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Night raid: Watching female IDF soldiers detain terror suspects in Bethlehem

Most of the residents are descended from Arabs who fled Beit Jibrin in 1948. Today, it is also home to wanted suspects who have engaged in terrorism or who may be active in threats against Israel.

December 16, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Understanding Syria’s pleasantly surprising new ruler Sharaa

He told journalists the region’s problem is the Iran regime while he chooses diplomacy to settle disputes with Israel

December 14, 2024 | Bill Roggio |

Turkistan Islamic Party uses video from Syria to encourage jihad in China

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an Al Qaeda branch that fights under the banner of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), used a propaganda video from Syria to encourage Muslims to wage jihad in China. Hayat Tahrir...

December 13, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Turning human rights upside down

A new era might could see authoritarian states like China and Iran hauling liberal democratic nations before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

December 4, 2024 | |

Claiming ‘Ethics Concerns,’ Norway’s Sovereign Fund Divests From Israeli Telecommunications Company

Norwegian Government Pension Fund Divests From Israeli Company: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund – the world’s largest, with control of one percent of global stocks – divested...

December 4, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Israel’s Gift

Lebanese patriots now have a chance to throw off Tehran’s yoke

December 2, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Janatan Sayeh

Natural allies: Iranians reject regime’s anti-Israel policies

Once allies, Iran and Israel now face deep hostility due to the Islamic Republic’s anti-Israel stance; many Iranians, frustrated with the regime’s oppression and failed policies, view Israel as a natural ally, embracing shared interests and historic bonds

December 2, 2024 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Hamas is not invincible

Palestine solidarity could shatter

November 14, 2024 | Mariam Wahba |

Egypt’s disappearing women

In America, progressive feminists often speak out against toxic masculinity. But in Egypt, women, especially Christian women, live with its brutal reality. Julia Atef, 21, never...