The death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, a few days after the country’s morality police arrested her for not complying with the regime’s hijab regulations has inspired protests and furious condemnations. The phrase “#MahsaAmini” became one of the…
President Joe Biden has followed in President Barack Obama’s footsteps in rewarding Iranian bad behavior with carrots rather than punishing it with sticks. Biden is desperately seeking a new Iranian nuclear deal despite prevarication by Tehran and continued troublemaking in…
Originally from Pakistan, Noor Dahri is the founder and executive director of Islamic Theology of Counter Terrorism, a UK-based think tank. He has authored and edited five books and will soon publish IDF: Israel Defence Forces – Ground Forces, Operations,…
When Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced his “definitive” retirement from politics last week, his armed militias and allies did what they usually do. The riots in Baghdad killed at least 30 people. Al-Sadr, after ordering his followers to leave…
If I were an American ally in NATO or the Indo-Pacific region, I would be nervous about President Joe Biden’s leadership of the free world. A year has passed since our disgraceful exit from Afghanistan. Neither Biden nor any of…
The horrific attack on novelist Salman Rushdie has prompted HBO host Bill Maher to call for more “debate” about Islam and its “dangerous” character. But that won’t happen, of course. Maher’s fellow liberals dread any such discussion. They insist that…
The Chautauqua Institution is a historic, renowned interfaith community located in southwestern New York state just across the Pennsylvania border. Founded in the late 1800s, it is a lovely place on Chautauqua Lake. Every summer the institution hosts ecumenical gatherings…
British-American author Salman Rushdie appears to have been stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who charged the stage where Rushdie was set to deliver a lecture. Rushdie has faced death threats for his work, especially The Satanic Verses,…
A Brooklyn man who U.S. authorities believe is an operative working on behalf of Iran was arrested on July 28 for casing the home of dissident Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad. Following days spent lurking around Alinejad’s residence, Khalid Mehdiyev was…
At about the time President Joe Biden left for his trip to the Middle East, rapper Snoop Dogg advertised his new brand of cannabis called “Sleepy Joe OG,” which features a picture of a befuddled Biden on the label. It…