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Gilead Resembles an Islamic Theocracy, not Trump’s America by Phyllis Chesler (Quillette via M.E. Forum)

By   /  October 8, 2019  /  Human Rights, International, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Oct. 2, 2019 Margaret Atwood, whose work I have long admired, is now being hailed as a prophet. It is quite the phenomenon. According to the pundits, Atwood’s 1985 work, The Handmaid’s Tale, which Mary McCarthy once savaged, and the recently-published 2019 sequel, The Testaments, are dystopias which aptly describe the contemporary climate change crisis, toxic environments, the […]

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On 9/11, Recalling the Ties between Iran and Al-Qaeda (JCPA via Daily Alert)

By   /  September 11, 2019  /  friends/enemies, History, International, Islamic fundamentalism, Mid. East news, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Sept. 11, 2019 On 9/11, Recalling the Ties between Iran and Al-Qaeda (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The 9/11 Commission report in 2004 found that “senior managers in al-Qaeda maintained contacts with Iran and the Iranian-supported worldwide terrorist organization Hizbullah….Al-Qaeda members received advice and training from Hizbullah.” A large percentage of the 14 Saudi “muscle” operatives […]

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NIQAB, BURQA, HIJAB – AFGHANISTAN COMES TO THE WEST, by Phyllis Chesler (FPM)

By   /  March 8, 2019  /  International, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism  /  No Comments

Mar. 8, 2019 There are women shrouded in burqas, hidden by niqab – and set apart wearing hijab on the streets of so many American cities. Click here for article

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The US-Taliban Peace Agreement By Dr. Mordechai Kedar (Breaking Israel News)

By   /  February 6, 2019  /  International, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Feb. 6, 2019 As background, let me point out that the source of Afghanistan’s problems is the fact that the state is composed of ten distinct ethnicities which have never coalesced into a unified, cohesive nation  The groups are: The Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Aymāk, Gujjar, Kirgiz, Baluche, Turkmen, Nuristani and Pamiri. Each one of these ethnic groups has its […]

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How to Make Sense of the U.S. Withdrawal From Syria (Clarion Project)

By   /  December 20, 2018  /  International, Mid. East news, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Dec. 20, 2018 Click here for full article

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NEW STUDY FINDS THE NUMBER OF ISLAMIC MILITANTS NEARLY FOUR TIMES HIGHER TODAY THAN IN 2001, by Jacob Siegel (Tablet)

By   /  November 22, 2018  /  International, Islamic fundamentalism, Mid. East news, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Nov. 21, 2018 Taking stock of the forever war Click here for full article

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Toronto shooting rampage: New details emerge about gunman Faisal Hussain (CBS News)

By   /  July 24, 2018  /  Israel  /  No Comments

July 24, 2018 TORONTO — Canadian investigators were digging Tuesday into the life of the 29-year-old man who opened fire on restaurants and cafes in a popular Toronto neighborhood, seeking to explain what prompted the rampage that killed a 10-year-old girl and a young woman and wounded 13 others. “At this stage, based on the state of the […]

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