JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to ease tensions at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site Thursday, calling Jordan’s king to reassert his commitment to protecting the sacred shrines in hopes of quieting weeks of unrest. His outreach
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan mob lynches Christian couple over alleged blasphemy charge Jordan recalls Israeli envoy as violence increases in Jerusalem Pakistan mob lynches Christian couple over alleged blasphemy charge Site of the brick kiln where the
It’s quite something, but I have been receiving more “congratulatory” emails from my international readers than my American readers (and I have heard from a great many Americans). But clearly it’s not just Americans who care what happens in our
A Russian Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) fighter Abu Muhammad Ar-Rusi justified the massacres committed by the terrorist group because Islam’s Prophet Muhammed killed many people. The message in the video is directed to Muslims “who speak Russian.” “You accuse us of
A London teenager has been charged with preparing to commit acts of terrorism. Kazi Islam, who is 18-years-old and from Manor Park, east London, was arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police on 13 August. Police say he has been charged for
For years, many of us have described Islamist terrorists as “barbarians.” And for years, we have been attacked as “racist Islamophobes” for doing so. What exactly is a “barbarian?” A barbarian is someone who finds joy in inflicting
Chinese state-affiliated news agency Xinhua cites a U.S. expert arguing that, while the threat of radical Islamism is an existential one to much of the world, the United States is ill-equipped to fight it because “the U.S. is perceived by
Zale Thompson, the convert to Islam who attempted to kill two NYPD officers with his ax, had been visiting hundreds of websites belonging to jihadists loyal to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) over past months. Thompson had reportedly become fascinated
Most often, a wedding is a cause for celebration. Not lately in Nigeria, though, where mass marriages may be leading to a life of terror for hundreds of kidnapped students. Since April, the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has been
A London doctor is being investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC) for alleged Islamophobia after posting criticism of ISIS and support for Israel on his private Facebook page. He was reported to the council by Faisel Alam, who described
Package holidays have their perils for all: long transfers on cramped coaches with other people’s screaming kids, ‘cattle class’ charter flights and the holiday rep who needs to hit their sales targets for pricey trips. But for Sally Jones and
As political races loom and gloom sets in among democrats, the topic of racism heats up. Race warfare is the weapon you grab when it looks really, really bad. The sad part: it works! While racism exists (everywhere), the notion
Sunday morning on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” Zakaria hosted author Sam Harris for a follow-up discussion about Harris’ appearance last month on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” where Harris had said that “Islam is the mother lode of bad ideas.”
The famed laissez faire liberalism of the Dutch is only matched by their flinty commonsense. Two years after the brutal 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh at the hand of Islamist jihadists in Amsterdam, the Dutch government quietly introduced a form
A video uploaded on YouTube shows Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants laughing and joking while purchasing female Yazidi slaves. One man exclaims the day is “slave market day.” “Today is distribution day God willing,” said the unidentified man in a white
A Conservative candidate at next year’s general election has publicly questioned why so much “focus” is being put on Muslim men over child sexual exploitation. Iftikhar Ahmed, who is running in Bradford East, suggested it is unfair Christianity was not
On November 1 Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau rejected a negotiator’s reports of a ceasefire with Nigeria and said the 200 Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted in April will not be returned. Rather, he said the girls “converted to Islam”
Controversial comedian Bill Maher had a few choice words of advice for the portion of UC Berkeley’s student population whose calls to rescind the chancellor’s invitation to Maher to speak at the university’s upcoming commencement speech were rejected. “My reputation
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar has joined the American-led coalition to fight Islamic State, yet the emirate is a haven for anti-Western groups and foreign diplomats have reported seeing cars with Islamic State logos in an affluent bay district. Such ambiguity
In an incident mirroring a recent California case, a Marine in Maryland who served overseas and fought against Islamic extremists was barred from school premises when he protested his daughter learning about what he called “the benefits of Islam” at
Saudi Arabia has developed an international reputation for regularly violating women’s rights, one the nation continues to feed with a new law issued by the country’s religious police, the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice,
British faith schools are to be forced to teach equality and respect for gay rights or face closure, in a move backed by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. The orders come following 40 snap inspections of faith schools, including Christian and
(Reuters) – The scope of Britain’s Islamic finance market is widening with several initiatives from the government and private sector, although the country is about to lose one of its six full-fledged Islamic banks. In June, Britain became the first
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ISIS slaughters hundreds from the Abu Nimr tribe in Iraq Wall Street posts hyperbolic five day surge Boko Haram ridicules Nigeria’s government, says abducted girls are married ISIS slaughters hundreds from the Abu Nimr
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government and said more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls all have converted to Islam and been married off. In a
