The Iranian Connection Tracing Tehran's ties to the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah. Pierre James / Suha Hassen 16 Jan 2024 · 16 min read
Why Iran is the Key to Peace in the Middle East Many Iranians perceive Israel as a potential ally in their struggle against Islamic oppression. Armin Navabi 4 Jan 2024 · 10 min read
Gaza, Islam, and the West The Hamas atrocities of October 7th have refocussed attention on the place of a consequential voting bloc in Western democracies. RJ Smith 11 Nov 2023 · 6 min read
Houellebecq's New Memoir and the Recent Riots in France: Quillette Cetera Episode 10 The French polemicist's memoir invites us to pity him, but should we? Zoe Booth / RJ Smith 25 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
Words Are the Only Victors Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a powerful reminder of his vital role in the endless battle for free speech. Christian Kriticos 28 Feb 2023 · 11 min read
Social Panic at Sundance Meg Smaker’s film about the rehabilitation of former Guantanamo terror suspects was nuanced and sympathetic. But the mob didn’t care. M. Pollino 14 Oct 2022 · 8 min read
Salman Rushdie and the Islamic Punishment for Blasphemy For centuries, the orthodox Muslim view has been that those who insult Muhammad must be summarily killed. Gordon Nickel 2 Sep 2022 · 13 min read
From Playboy Sports Star to Islamist Politician: The Strange Turn of Imran Khan A further irony is that while Khan presses ahead with entrenching Islam in every nook and cranny of the polity and society, other Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, are toning down the hard-line version of Islam that they have long promulgated. Rumy Hasan 23 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
Life With the Muslim Brotherhood: One Woman's Story “It’s like the story of the boiling frog,” she says. “The water gets warmer and warmer and she always tells herself she can jump out any time." Lorenzo Vidino 14 May 2020 · 14 min read
Against Literalism—'The Satanic Verses' Fatwa at 30 The intermingling of elements—culture, language, religion—is celebrated, while the concept of purity in identity and culture is repudiated as too constricting. Daniel James Sharp 9 Aug 2019 · 9 min read
How a Feminist Prophet Became an Apostate—An Interview with Dr Phyllis Chesler Dr Phyllis Chesler has never been afraid to be unpopular. Louise Perry 20 Jun 2019 · 11 min read
Identity, Islam, and the Twilight of Liberal Values—A Review Rather than exposing and opposing the damage done by Islamism in the West, soi disant liberals, leftists, and progressives have acted as its supporters and cheerleaders. Rumy Hasan 20 May 2019 · 6 min read
Feminism's Blind Spot: the Abuse of Women by Non-White Men, Particularly Muslims Some feminists in the West insist that the veil—not just the hijab, but also more restrictive coverings such as the burka—should be seen as not only benign, but actually empowering. Louise Perry 7 May 2019 · 9 min read
How Intersectionalism Betrays the World’s Muslim Women The progress of Muslim reformers, dissidents and apostates is hindered by leftists that use cultural relativism as a basis for their activism. Omayma Mohamed 28 Apr 2019 · 8 min read
Denmark's Blaspheming Mother Immigration, Islamism and integration are salient issues even in the happiest place on earth. Andy Ngo 22 Apr 2019 · 9 min read
