Islamism’s Unity

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online October 30, 2012 A Sept. 14 attack on the U.S. embassy in Tunis left 4 dead, 49 injured, several buildings looted and burnt out, and the black Salafi flag flying above the embassy grounds. In response, the ruling “moderate” Islamist party of Tunisia, Ennahda, forthrightly condemned the incident; Minister […]

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Obama’s Anti-Zionism

by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times January 22, 2013 N.B.: Some small differences from the Washington Times version, which is titled “Obama second term bodes trouble for Israel” Were Barack Obama re-elected, I predicted two months before the Nov. 2012 presidential vote, “the coldest treatment of Israel ever by a U.S. president will follow.” Well, […]

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NATO Patriot Missiles Land in Turkey

One of the greatest nightmares recently protested by Iran and Syria – a shipment of NATO’s Patriot anti-ballistic missile defense system – has arrived in Turkey. The Suecia Seaways, sailing under the flag of Germany, arrived Monday in the port of Iskenderun less than a day after the Netherlands-registered Louise Russ vessel pulled into port bearing […]

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Muslim Girl ‘Doesn’t Regret’ Challenging Israel Defense Forces on Video

A Palestinian Authority Arab girl who was seen in a widely disseminated video challenging IDF soldiers, in an obvious PA attempt at anti-Israel propaganda, does not regret her actions. The girl, Ahed Tamimi, who returned from Turkey where she was honored for her actions and even had breakfast with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told […]

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Turkey’s Islamist Turn, 10 Years Later

by Daniel Pipes The Wall Street Journal November 13, 2012 Is Turkey—due to its size, location, economy and sophisticated Islamist ideology—set to become the West’s greatest problem in the Middle East? A tumultuous decade has passed since the Justice and Development Party was first elected to office on Nov. 3, 2002. Almost unnoticed, the country […]

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Talking Turkey

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online December 26, 2012 The menu for meals on my Turkish Airlines flight earlier this month assured passengers that food selections “do not contain pork.” The menu also offered a serious selection of alcoholic drinks, including champagne, whiskey, gin, vodka, rak?, wine, beer, liqueur, and cognac. This oddity of simultaneously […]

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The Rise of An Islamic State Under Obama

By Theodore Shoebat Hours before the election, Bill O’Reilly made a statement which, in many ways, foreshadowed the results of the election: “The demographics are changing. It’s not a traditional America anymore. And there are 50 percent of the voting public who want stuff. They want things. And who is going to give them things? […]

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Turkish Teacher Imprisoned for Likening Erdogan to Hitler

A Turkish school teacher was sentenced to one year in prison for likening Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Adolf Hitler, Anatolia news agency reported. The court found Oktay Zaif, who allegedly showed footage of speeches by Hitler and Erdogan during class, guilty of “politically aiming to distance military students from Prime Minister Erdogan and […]

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