Posts Tagged: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Unsurprisingly, Turkey Sides with Hamas on UN Resolution Condemning Gaza Rocket Attacks
Turkey, a NATO ally, plans to oppose an American-sponsored draft resolution at the United Nations condemning Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terror factions...
By Extraditing Anti-Erdogan Leader, Trump Would Betray American Values
Extraditing dissident Islamist cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey would be a betrayal of American values and should be permanently off the table. President Trump says...
Anti-Israeli Cleric Elected to Head Group of Muslim Scholars
A Moroccan cleric who says that Israel's destruction is a duty for "the entire Muslim Ummah" has been elected to head an influential global Muslim...
Turkey Experts Worry Erdogan Might Use Al Qaeda Against Kurds
Although Turkey and Russia agreed last month to "withdraw" all jihadist groups from Syria's Idlib Province, a former Turkish National Police official warns that Turkey may use...
Those Who Dish Out Criticism Should Be Able to Take It
On Monday, a staffer at the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) made a mistake on social media regarding the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When...
CAIR Chief Meets with Turkish and Iranian Presidents
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invited Nihad Awad, the Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) executive director, to meet with them in New...
Erdogan-Linked Group Suspected of Being a Turkish Front in US
The group MUSIAD USA sent letters to several US senators last week, protesting sanctions the Trump administration imposed on Turkey over its continuing detention of...
How Quiet Islamization Threatens Secular States
While all eyes have focused on the obvious problem of Islamist violence in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, the Congo, and Muslim communities in Western European cities,...
US Islamists Ignore Erdogan’s Authoritarianism, Celebrate Win
Unbelievably, a number of American Islamists are hailing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election Monday to a new five-year term as a win for democracy. In truth,...
US and Turkish Ties to Malaysia’s Hamas Lobby
The April assassination of a Hamas engineer in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, helps show the increasingly significant role that Malaysia plays in Hamas' operations. Fadi Albatsh,...
Ninety Years On, the Muslim Brotherhood Faces an Uncertain Future
The Muslim Brotherhood has managed to weather many storms over its nine decades of existence. Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, and Hosni Mubarak...
New York Times Describes Israel’s Gaza Border Defense as ‘Harsh’; Popular Comment Calls Israel ‘Bloodthirsty’
Hamas terrorists roll burning tires at the Israeli border, throw Molotov cocktails, and shoot at Israeli troops in a pre-planned violent riot. The New York Times reacts...
Government-Tied Turkish Organizations Support Global Jihadists and Islamists
Turkish organizations with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration are partnering with, and supplying aid to, global jihadists and Islamist groups, a study...
Proposed Weapons Sales by US Companies to Turkey, Qatar Raise Concerns
Advanced anti-tank missiles that the US companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin plan to sell to Turkey and Qatar could end up in the hands of jihadists. That...
