Saudi Arabia’s Troubling Educational Curriculum
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Nina Shea
Coming to America
Millions of people want to come to America. Actually, it’s tens of millions or perhaps hundreds of millions. Some Americans believe our borders should be open — that everyone has a &l...
Op-eds
An Unhappy United Nations Birthday
Did it escape your attention that last month was the 70th birthday of the United Nations? Did you miss the opportunity to celebrate by following Elyx on an “exciting 70-day (virtual) trip a...
Op-eds
Saudi Textbooks Propagate Intolerance
Here we go again. According to a new government report, Saudi Arabia published yet another year’s worth of public school textbooks that promote hateful ideas. This represents only the...
Op-eds
Analysis: Middle East’s Christians Face “Existential Struggle”
The state of Christians in the Middle East is becoming an “existential struggle,” according to an ...
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The Religious Cleansing of Middle East Christians
The fate of struggling Christians in Muslim-majority countries in the Islamic heartland has shifted from persecution to an existential struggle. Anti-Christian violence in 2014 saw...
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“Homeland” Under Attack
Are the cast, crew and fans of “Homeland” -- Showtime’s television series about a brilliant but neurotic CIA agent – Islamophobes? That’s the implication of...
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Saudi anti-Christian Sweep Prompts Calls For US Involvement
Dozens of Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia need America's help, according to a key lawmaker who is pressing the State Department on their behalf. Some 28 peop...
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Analysis: Despite Plight of Mideast Christians, Some Leaders Still Single Out Israel
The deadly bomb attacks in Christian districts of Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Christmas Day caused the deaths of 37 people. One bomb appeared to target congregants leaving a Ca...
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Obama’s ‘Alert Observation’ of Anti-Christian Violence Must End
As Nina Shea discussed below, Pakistani authorities have incarcerated a...
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“Destroy All the Churches”
Is it not news when Saudi Arabia’s leading religious authority meets with a terrorist group and says that?
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Muslims Attacked!
It’s funny, in an Orwellian way, that in Europe there are now militant groups with such cutesy names as Sharia4Belgium and Sharia4Holland. Less funny, but perhaps more Orwellian, is this: L...
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Moderation, Saudi-Style
Women will always be serfs under sharia.
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Obstructed “View”
An African-American woman who affects a Jewish-sounding surname as a running joke storms off the stage in response to what she regards as the slander of Muslims. Only in America. But let me back...
Op-eds
The Taboo of the Intellectuals
The controversy over plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan has taken an odd twist. On one side are those making arguments in opposition to the project, along with those who merely...
Op-eds
Our Friends, the Saudis?
Last week, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was welcomed to the White House by President Obama. According to the Washington Post, their meeting provided an opportunity “to demonstrate the...
Op-eds
Shut Up, He Explained
Yet another way to restrict free speech.
Op-eds
Religious Freedom Day on the Hill
SCHEDULE INCLUDES: 9:00 am House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) INTRODUCTION by Ambassador John Hanford 9:30 am: PANEL I : RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN...
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What Saudis Preach
Nearly four years ago, Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed and author Stephen Schwartz conducted a study for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. They examined textbooks and other publications...
Op-eds
Missions Possible; Kill Terrorists, Support Democrats
After last week's constitutional vote, what's America's primary mission in Iraq? The same as it's been all along: to hunt down terrorists and insurgents, to eliminate Islamo-f...