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May 21, 2020 | Alireza Nader, Benjamin Weinthal

Iran’s new push to erase its millennia of Jewish history

The story of the biblical queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai is among the most dramatic and moving in the Old Testament: After the pair learn of a plot to destroy the Jews hatched by the evil ­vizier...

May 1, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

USCIRF Denounces Iran’s Religious Freedom Violations

Religious freedom conditions in Iran “remained egregiously poor” in 2019, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday. The report...

March 14, 2018 | Clifford D. May

A pope and a grand imam

Pope Tawadros II had planned to spend last week on retreat in a monastery near Alexandria. But then Mohammed bin Salman, on a three-day visit to Egypt, asked to see him. The Saudi Crown...

March 29, 2017 | Clifford D. May

A bloody day in London town

“The Kafir’s Blood Is Halal For You, So Shed it.” That’s just one of the catchier headlines in a recent issue of ...

March 15, 2017 | Clifford D. May

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...

August 17, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Tracking freedom’s enemies

If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is...

January 27, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

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....

December 9, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Divided We Fall?

“Divide and conquer” describes an age-old military concept: If your enemies are fighting among themselves, they can’t effectively battle you. Phillip II of Macedon, Julius Caesa...

October 30, 2015 |

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...

October 16, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Victory Without Soldiers?

With the war in Syria becoming ever more complex and murderous, it’s worthwhile to revisit a guiding principle of Barack Obama: The use of American military power is likely to do more harm...

July 10, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Salafi Jihadism in the North African Regional Context

Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Sherman and Deutch, distinguished members of the subcommittees, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the threat of jihadist terroris...

March 26, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Foreign Policy

Springtime for Salafists

Rampaging Islamist vigilantes are cracking down on free expression -- and ruining Tunisia's Arab Spring.

July 9, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Iran Pastor Facing Death for Apostasy

Iran has scheduled a September court date for evangelical Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, whose incarceration for practicing Christianity reaches the 1,000-day mark on Sunday. In an email to T...

June 13, 2011 | CNN

Egypt Must Resist Relapse to Despotism

Since President Hosni Mubarak fell in February, Egypt has become a freer country in many ways. But the ruling military council is continuing his tradition of using the threat of an Islamist takeo...

October 15, 2010 | Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa

Review: The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks

One clear blind spot in the contemporary study of terrorism is the role religious ideology plays as a motivating force and driver of strategy. In the scholarship on suicide missions in particular...

September 2, 2010 | Clifford D. May

The Worst of Time

Henry Luce would have been mortified. The founder of Time magazine believed Americans had a responsibility to stand up to the enemies of freedom and democracy.  He saw the 20th century as "t...

April 7, 2004 | FrontPageMagazine

The Gray Lady Whitewashes Black Muslims

Islam is frequently cited in the media as the fastest growing religion in America. Perhaps in recognition of this trend the New York Times recently featured an Arts & Ideas section profile of...

November 16, 2003 | FrontPageMagazine |

Jihad in Istanbul

By Walid Phares There is no doubt about it: the final target in the terrorist attacks against the Jewish synagogues of Neve Shalom and Beth Israel in Istanbul, beyond the Jewish communit...

June 29, 2003 | FrontPageMagazine

Portrait of a Wahhabi

By Stephen Schwartz On Thursday, June 26, I testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, chaired by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz). My topic was &...

March 19, 2003 |

Interview with Stephen Schwartz

By Katie Bacon What misunderstandings about Islam do you most want to correct with this book? First, I want Westerners to get over their fears. Second, I want to correct the mis...