Trump: Ban Islamists, Not Muslims

Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, called on Dec. 7 for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”
On the Middle East, Obama and Trump are Closer Than You Think

The massacre in San Bernardino by an Islamist husband-and-wife terror team forces us to recognize, once again, that the United States has to choose between isolationism and internationalism in its foreign policy.
Turkey’s “Spies,” EU’s “Human Rights”

“He who ran this story will pay heavily for it.” — Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey
Refugee or Infiltrator? Who’s to Say?

As things stand today, this is the only reasonable means of aid and containment until the individual countries can solve their own problems.
ISIS Revives Nazi Practice of Executing Disabled Children

An ISIS Sharia judge has issued a chilling fatwa, or religious legal ruling, which orders the killing of babies with Down Syndrome and other birth defects.
Only 1 Christian, Out of 237 Syrian Refugees, Admitted to US Since Paris Attacks

If the White House had hoped to assuage fears that it was importing ISIS terrorists to its own shores along with Syrian refugees, it is not doing a great job.
Ex-IDF Soldier Defects from Israel to Join ISIS

Security officials confirmed on Sunday that an Israeli army veteran from the elite Givati unit has defected from Israel to join the Islamic State in Syria.
Fierce Female Christian Warriors Take on ISIS

Fifty Syriac Christian women in Syria’s Hasakeh region have left their homes, families, and jobs behind in order to join an all-female battalion formed to fight the growing menace of the Islamic State.
Turkish-Russian Tensions Remain High as Russian Warship Fires on Turkish Fishing Vessel

On Sunday morning, a Russian warship fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean Sea, apparently in an attempt to avoid a collision, said a Russian Defense Ministry statement.
In Contrast to USA, Canada Welcomes Syrians With Open Arms

The newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was on hand to greet the first planeload of 163 Syrian refugees who landed late Thursday night at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.