Yusuf al-Qaradawi

July 9, 2015 |

The Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Summit: Any Results?

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to testify before...

July 1, 2015 | David Weinberg

Qatar’s Rulers Are Still Surrounding Themselves With Some of the Most Hateful Clerics

The ruler of Qatar, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ...

November 17, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

UAE’s Zealous New Terror List

The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday its list of terrorist organizations under a new counterterrorism l...

September 5, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

A Muslim Identity Crisis

The massive sexual abuse case in Rotherham, England, has revealed again how awkward and self-defeating the Western response often is to matters that touch on religious identity. Although the inde...

August 21, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief |

The Worst Club in the Middle East

Gathering of Rogues Tarnishes U.S. Allies

August 15, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...

July 2, 2014 | |

Qatar Lite: The Mideast Maverick May Be Retreating

The Middle East’s most provocative, profligate microstate seems to be entering a more subdued stage. In a development Qatar’s neighbors should try to expand, the country’s new e...

March 6, 2014 |

Frustration with Qatar Adds to GCC Security Dispute

In a striking new development, the governments of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar. In a joint statement, th...

December 12, 2013 | Clifford D. May

The Disinformation Age

Walter Cronkite, the great CBS anchorman from 1962 to 1981, was called “the most trusted man in America” — and polling supported that claim. He’d conclude his CBS Even...

October 24, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

The ‘Devil’ We Know

Anti-Semitism has transformed itself over the past two decades into a global scourge, as a resurgent movement of lethal Jew-hatred has led to murders in Europe and elsewhere. According to Daniel...

September 19, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Qatar’s Strategy in Syria

Qatar seeks to turn its newfound energy riches into political power by tapping the strength of...

August 29, 2013 | Clifford D. May

Qatar Journalism

Al Jazeera America launched last week. The new television station features such broadcast luminaries as Soledad O’Brien, Joie Chen, Sheila MacVicar, John Seigentha...

July 18, 2013 | Clifford D. May

The New Muslim Generation

A month ago, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked whether the Taliba...

January 10, 2013 |

Al Gore’s Al Jazeera Sellout

It was July 18th, 2008, the birthday of Samir Kuntar, and so Al Jazeera naturally had a birthday celebration. Fortuitously, Kuntar had been...

January 10, 2013 | Clifford D. May

From Al Gore to Al Jazeera

A shorter distance than one might have hoped.

July 16, 2012 | Andrew McCarthy Ordered Liberty

Secretary Clinton and ‘Real Democracy’ in the Middle East

“The era of Big Government is over!” I could not get President Bill Clinton’s famous declaration out of my...

June 16, 2012 | |

Stay Out of Syria

A response to Clifford D. May.

June 6, 2012 | Clifford D. May |

The Battle of Syria

Assad’s survival would be a victory for Iran – and a defeat for the U.S.

June 4, 2012 | |

Romney’s Syria Problem

His support for “opposition groups” is misplaced.

May 14, 2012 |

Western Sharia

Muslim supremacists partner with the Lawyer Left.