FrontPage Magazine What began on December 28 as local protests against high food prices in the northern city of Mashhad, Iran, has spiraled into mass protests consisting of some hundreds of thousands of Iranians in some two dozen cities, including if not especially Tehran, the seat of government. So far over 20 protesters have been killed and many hundreds arrested in what … [Read more...]
Trump Scraps Cherished “Israel Grievance” Myth
FrontPage Magazine President Trump’s new National Security strategy is not only notable for what it brings back to the paradigm—words such as “jihadi” and “sharia”—but in what it gets rid of, namely, the long held, much entrenched notion that Israel is the root source of all the turmoil plaguing the Middle East. According to the new strategy document, For generations the … [Read more...]
When and Why the West Began to ‘Demonize’ Muhammad
PJ Media To understand any phenomenon, its roots must first be understood. Unfortunately, not only do all discussions on the conflict between Islam and the West tend to be limited to the modern era, but when the past, the origins, are alluded to, the antithesis of reality is proffered: we hear that the West—itself an anachronism for Europe, or better yet, … [Read more...]
Will the Return of “Jihad” to Intelligence Trump Decades of Indoctrination?
FrontPage Magazine President Trump’s new national security strategy is set to return words relevant to understanding Islamic terrorism—such as “jihad”—that had been expunged from the Intelligence and Defense communities’ lexicon, most notably under the Obama administration. According to the new strategy document, “The primary transnational threats Americans face are from … [Read more...]
Christians ‘Slaughtered Like Chicken’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2017
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Luc Ravel, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Strasbourg “went against the grain of Church leaders in France who have largely remained politically correct,” says a report, because he criticized “the demographic shift in France, saying Muslims are having far more children than native French and slammed the widespread ‘promotion’ … [Read more...]