The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is using the shocking viral image of a drowned 3-year-old boy as propaganda to threaten Syrians seeking refuge outside the country. The photo of Alan Kurdi, whose name was initially misreported as Aylan Kurdi, lying lifeless
The heartbreaking image of three-year old Aylan Kurdi lying face down washed up on a Turkish beach has triggered an international foreign policy re-examination of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa Over 13.5 million Arab children have also had their futures
Not only does the West facilitate the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, but in the West as well. According to a recent NPR report, the U.S. supported “moderate” coalition fighting both Bashar Assad and the Islamic State in Syria “has extremists in its
(CNN)The burgeoning list of appalling acts by ISIS has grown even longer: The Islamic extremist group has blown up a nearly 2,000-year-old temple in the historic ruins of Palmyra, Syria. Maamoun Abdulkarim, Syria’s director-general of antiquities and museums, said Sunday that sources in Palmyra informed
Last week, The New York Times published a long article by Rukmini Callimachi on ISIS and the systematic cruelty that the group has imposed upon Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority, including the sexual enslavement and rape of women and girls and the massacre of men and
Saudi Arabia recently preached to the international community about the need to confront “intolerance, extremism and human rights violations.” If this sounds surreal, consider the following excerpts from a July 26 report in the Saudi Gazette (emphasis added): Saudi Arabia has reiterated its call on
Terrorism works. This is why we keep seeing more of it. When the shattered and frightened West is threatened, it doesn’t stand up for its principles, it backs down. And so the next time the jihadis want something from us, they will threaten us again.
An Afghan military interpreter denied refuge by Britain has been executed trying to reach the West. Known to the UK soldiers he served with as Popal, he was tortured and murdered after being captured in Iran. Another four interpreters are feared to have suffered the
Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN)This is what a Syrian rebel looks like after nearly $1 million of training and equipment provided by the United States. Pro-U.S. — and fiercely anti-Assad regime — fighter Abu Iskander is one of just 54 moderate rebels painstakingly vetted, expensively trained and
If Islamic doctrines are inherently violent, why isn’t every single Muslim in the world—that is, approximately 1.5 billion people—violent? This question represents one of Islam’s most popular apologetics: because not all Muslims are violent, intolerant, or sponsor terrorism—a true statement—Islam itself must be innocent. Let’s
