The Iranian Connection
Tracing Tehran's ties to the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
A collection of 46 posts
Tracing Tehran's ties to the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
Many Iranians perceive Israel as a potential ally in their struggle against Islamic oppression.
The Hamas atrocities of October 7th have refocussed attention on the place of a consequential voting bloc in Western democracies.
The French polemicist's memoir invites us to pity him, but should we?
Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a powerful reminder of his vital role in the endless battle for free speech.
Meg Smaker’s film about the rehabilitation of former Guantanamo terror suspects was nuanced and sympathetic. But the mob didn’t care.
For centuries, the orthodox Muslim view has been that those who insult Muhammad must be summarily killed.
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.
“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."
The intermingling of elements—culture, language, religion—is celebrated, while the concept of purity in identity and culture is repudiated as too constricting.
Dr Phyllis Chesler has never been afraid to be unpopular.
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.
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.
The progress of Muslim reformers, dissidents and apostates is hindered by leftists that use cultural relativism as a basis for their activism.
Immigration, Islamism and integration are salient issues even in the happiest place on earth.