Holy War Arrives in Germany
Supporters of the jihadist group “Islamic State” [IS] have clashed with Kurdish Yazidis in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany.
Under Gaza’s Shadow, Islamic State Advances
The recent global media focus on the fighting in Gaza should not be allowed to obscure potentially far more significant developments in the broader region.
Hamas Murdering Outspoken Palestinians in Gaza
In recent weeks the world has seen ISIS continuing to commit humanitarian atrocities in the Middle East, such as the enslavement and sale of young Christian and Muslim girls into forced marriages with Muslims, crucifixion of Christians and theft of their property.
ISIS Continues Assault on Religion, Destroys Tomb of Jonah
According to Iraqi civil defense officials, ISIS militants destroyed the shrine known as the Tomb of Younis (biblical Jonah), located in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
ISIS to Christians: Pay, Convert or Die
Over the weekend, militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria set fire to a 1,800-year-old church in Mosul.
British Jihadists, Sharia Finance and “There is No Life Without Jihad
The dramatic rise of the Sunni militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] in June added a new sense of urgency to the ongoing debate over how to prevent British jihadists from carrying out terrorist attacks in the UK upon their return from fighting in Syria.
ISIS Set on Desecrating Biblical Sites, Artifacts
ISIS, the splinter group from al-Qaeda now threatening great swaths of the Middle East, has obtained much of its funding by illegally selling off stolen historical artifacts, it was recently discovered.
Beware the Bearers of Friendship with Iran
No serious person would dispute that ISIS, with its practice of beheading its opponents, constitutes a serious threat.
Radical Islam Will Not Prevail Against Israel
The barbaric brutality and diabolical demonstrations of extremist Islam are quite sickening to the civilized world. How much more must the sane inhabitants of the Middle East and North Africa endure?
Fractured States
Western diplomacy lags behind reality on the ground in the ‘former’ Iraq and Syria.