Al-Shabab’s Return to Mogadishu Signifies a Change in Strategy

When al-Shabab withdrew its frontline forces from Mogadishu last August, the terrorist group vowed to launch a wave of asymmetric attacks against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union’s Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). On Tuesday morning, an al-Shabab suicide bomber attacked the Ministry of Education, killing 70 and wounding dozens. Among the casualties […]

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Will Islam Kill Multiculturalism

(Jake Neuman) The Enlightened modern West has created the Greatest Civilization humanity is yet to know. We have invited into our countries tens of millions of people from 5200 different nations, tribes, clans, ethnic origins, religions, religious sects etc. They emigrate and live their lives in freedom and equality. They practice their customs and religion […]

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A Rational Fear of Islamism

In recent months, several reports have appeared to a generally uncritical reception in the press, which purport to expose alleged conspiracies organized by “Islamophobes” against American citizens who mean us no harm. These reports single out for condemnation a dozen prominent conservative figures (and mostly the same dozen) who have publicly criticized the misogyny, bigotry, […]

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The Attack on Israel’s Embassy in Cairo

by Daniel Pipes September 28, 2011 Western diplomats and journalists fell for Stalin’s show trials but eventually learned not to accept developments in the Soviet Union at face value. In the Soviet Union’s later years, a crowd assaulting a foreign embassy would have been assumed to have state approval. Other autocrats engage in similar tricks […]

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Gov. Perry: The U.S. Must Support Israel At the U.N.

Governor Rick Perry submitted this op-ed, which appears in the Wall Street Journal: Obama policies have encouraged the Palestinians to avoid direct negotiations with Israel. The historic friendship between the United States and Israel stretches from the founding of the Jewish state in 1948 to the present day. Our nations have developed vital economic and […]

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Is Turkey Going Rogue?

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online September 27, 2011 In a Middle East wracked by coups d’état and civil insurrections, the Republic of Turkey credibly offers itself as a model thanks to its impressive economic growth, democratic system, political control of the military, and secular order. But, in reality, Turkey may be, along with Iran, […]

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Majority of Muslim-Americans Support Obama; Nine out of Ten Muslims Voted for Obama in 2008

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 Islamist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon that killed 2,819 innocents, the Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey of Muslim Americans to see how that particular community’s thoughts and attitudes had changed since the last survey in 2007. And the political sentiments of […]

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