Posts Tagged: Islamism
Kuwaitis Go to Polls as Economy Poses Challenge for New Emir
Kuwaitis voted in legislative polls on Saturday with the Gulf state mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, which poses a challenge for the...
The West Can’t Trust a Turkey Ruled by Erdogan
The recent row with France further established Turkey's role as an ideological instigator of tension between Islamist elements and the West, and its capability of...
The Anti-Islamist Muslim Challenging Ilhan Omar
All that journalist Dalia al-Aqidi was asking for was a brief interview, one-on-one, to air on a TV station in the Middle East. She was,...
Muslim Reformers: Ilhan Omar and Islamists Don’t Speak for Islam
Anti-Islamist Muslims came to US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)'s home turf on Tuesday night. They made it clear that not all Muslims support her shutting...
Russia’s Terrorist Double Game
In April, a Muslim Russian national from Kyrgyzstan detonated an explosive device in St. Petersburg's subway system, killing 14 people and injuring many others. The...
Deport Radical Islamist Preacher to Turkey and Maintain American Interests
This week, the radical Islamist, Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen, based in Pennsylvania, wrote a Washington Post op-ed, titled "The Turkey I No Longer Know." But who...
How Erdogan’s Victory Might Be Europe’s Defeat
Over lunch in Istanbul last week, a friend and I spoke about the upcoming Turkish referendum. "Many European Turks are likely to vote 'yes,'" I...
New Study Emphasizes Islamism as Terrorist Foreign Fighters’ Main Motivation
Some prominent public figures and officials often claim that Islam has nothing to do with the jihadist terrorist violence spreading throughout the world. A recent...
My Journey Away From Radical Islam
I grew up in Rawalpindi, a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan, in a family that had links with both the Deoband school of thought...
Muslim-Zionist Activist: ‘Antisemitism Is the Norm in the Islamic Community, But the World Will Come to Realize Its Mistake About Israel’
Antisemitism and Israel-hatred is the norm among Muslims, including in the United States, even though the Koran can be read as a "Zionist text," a devout...
American Islamic Reformer: Crucial to Provide Third Path for Palestinians Faced With ‘Fascist’ Fatah and Hamas
“We have to tap into Muslims’ consciences and to tell them that they have an Islamic responsibility to protect the land that they live in,...
Pakistani Columnist Tells Muslims to Stop Blaming Others For Terror
Muslims must stop blaming others for the phenomenon of Islamist terrorism, according to a column published on Thursday in The Nation, one of Pakistan's largest English language newspapers. Among...
On Eve of Synagogue Attack in Denmark, Copenhagen Imam Incited Against Jews (VIDEO)
During a Friday, February 13 sermon - one day before the weekend's terror attacks in Copenhagen - Hajj Saeed, the Imam of the Al-Faruq Mosque...
Belgium Anti-Terror Raid Highlights Security Fears Within Jewish Community
The death of two jihadis in an anti-terror operation in eastern Belgium has again highlighted the fears of the country's Jewish community over security, less...
