
On Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO, host Bill Maher interviewed Ayaan Hirsi Ali about liberals and why they insist upon defending Islam, particularly when some Islamic nations are overwhelmingly in favor of the oppression of women. “We know Sharia law is
by Jeff Poor16 May 2015, 8:29 AM PST0

Iran will never allow Western powers or the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect Tehran’s military sites as part of a final agreement with the P5+1 world powers, Iran’s Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani said Friday in an address to Tehran University students.
by Jordan Schachtel15 May 2015, 11:22 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is on the doorstep of Palmyra, another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Syria. Officials warn if ISIS is not stopped, they will destroy another important historic city as they expand the caliphate.
by Mary Chastain15 May 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

The United States Consulate in Melbourne, Australia, has received intelligence indicating a “likely” terror attack on Aussie soil.
by Jordan Schachtel15 May 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

(REUTERS) Islamic State militants raised their black flag over the local government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday and claimed victory through mosque loudspeakers after overrunning most of the western provincial capital. The insurgents attacked Ramadi overnight using
by Breitbart News15 May 2015, 7:57 AM PST0

Baghdad (AFP) — The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed “caliphate,” in the jihadist supremo’s first audio recording in six months.
by Breitbart News14 May 2015, 11:14 PM PST0

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has released a call to arms which asks Muslims everywhere to physically join ISIS in the area it now controls or simply take up the struggle against unbelievers wherever they are.
by John Sexton14 May 2015, 8:00 PM PST0

ABC News reports that American ISIS recruit Donald Ray Morgan, 44, of North Carolina has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on terrorism and weapons charges.
by John Hayward14 May 2015, 7:31 PM PST0

Lindsay Lohan clutched a Koran in her hands as she exited the Duffield Children’s Center in Brooklyn Wednesday, where she is completing her court-ordered community service requirement.
by Daniel Nussbaum14 May 2015, 2:36 PM PST0

One of President Obama’s biggest critics in his handling of what was once considered to be a war on terrorism turns out to be a Democrat from Hawaii, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, according to an interview in The Hill.
by Dan Riehl14 May 2015, 1:44 PM PST0

An El Monte city official has come under fire for a comment he made about Islam on an article he posted to his personal Facebook page. Now, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an American Muslim advocacy group with ties to the global Muslim Brotherhood, is calling for his resignation in addition to demanding an apology.
by Adelle Nazarian14 May 2015, 12:25 PM PST0

The Iraqi Defense Ministry said Wednesday that an airstrike has neutralized the second-in-command of the Islamic State terror group, but the U.S. military has denied that coalition forces are responsible for carrying out an attack aimed at eliminating the jihadist.
by Jordan Schachtel14 May 2015, 9:31 AM PST0

The national media has been quiet about the multiple murder allegations against this Muslim family, in a week filled with accusations of “hate speech” aimed at Pamela Geller, after two Muslim terrorists tried to gun her down in Garland, Texas.
by Lee Stranahan14 May 2015, 5:54 AM PST0

The persecution by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) of Iraq’s minority Yazidi population has pushed thousands to find any means to escape the grips of the barbaric terrorist group, coughing up hefty sums of money to secure their freedom.
by Mary Chastain13 May 2015, 9:02 PM PST0

Ken Roth, the director of Human Rights Watch, spoke exclusively with the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) network earlier this week about the ongoing conflict in Yemen, blaming the United States for Saudi Arabia’s alleged use of cluster munitions.
by Jordan Schachtel13 May 2015, 3:19 PM PST0

In his first interview with an Arabic-language news organization on Wednesday, President Obama spoke with Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat about various issues related to the Middle East, the Iranian nuclear program, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
by Jordan Schachtel13 May 2015, 1:43 PM PST0

On Tuesday, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) destroyed the 200-year-old Maryam Khatoon Mosque in Mosul, Iraq, which the Ottoman Empire erected in 1821.
by Mary Chastain13 May 2015, 12:54 PM PST0

Spanish authorities arrested two individuals on Tuesday who were suspected of attempting to recruit aspiring jihadis through official Islamic State (IS/ISIS) propaganda.
by Jordan Schachtel13 May 2015, 11:43 AM PST0

On Sunday morning, a group of young Muslim immigrants interrupted a Catholic procession in honor of the Virgin Mary with verbal insults, shouting, and threats as the group passed in front of the Islamic Cultural Center in Conselice, a small town in lower Romagna.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.13 May 2015, 4:44 AM PST0

Sheikh Shamo, a Kurdish Yazidi member of Iraqi Parliament, reported this week to Kurdish outlet Rudaw that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has forced many abducted Yazidi children to be soldiers for the terrorist group.
by Mary Chastain12 May 2015, 12:08 PM PST0

Known for being one of the more religious countries in the world, especially in comparison with old world Europe, the United States has experienced an alarming dip in religiosity in the past seven years, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.12 May 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Phoenix police officers have been tasked with providing extra patrols around the area of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, the mosque attended by two now-deceased radical jihadists who attempted to commit mass murder last week at a “Draw Muhammad” free speech event in Garland, Texas.
by Jordan Schachtel12 May 2015, 10:12 AM PST0

For the third time this year a secular blogger critical of Islam has been murdered on the streets of Bangladesh. Four masked men attacked Ananta Bijoy Das as he left his home on Tuesday morning to work at a bank,
by Sarkis Zeronian12 May 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

Forget about the hundreds-of-thousands that are being slaughtered in the Middle East under the banner of Islam, radical Islam is a “made-up idea,” according to Dean Obeidallah, the Daily Beast’s resident comedian/writer.
by Jordan Schachtel12 May 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

Retired U.S. soldier Layne Morris is criticizing Canadian judge’s decision to allow the release of Omar Khadr — a former Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted of war crimes for killing U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer in 2002.
by AWR Hawkins11 May 2015, 2:20 PM PST0