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By Coptic Solidarity – After the foiled suicide attack on the ancient temples of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt—a tourist designation—the Islamic State promised a “fiery summer” to the Christian [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – The principal of a preschool and primary school in Sohag, Egypt, has been openly refusing the registration of Christian students, simply on the basis of their [...]

By Alexander Sehmer – Independent – Among the thousands of Arab and Kurdish civilians executed by the group in Syria in the last year, 86 were women. But the violent Islamist group [...]

By Reuters – “The United States stands by Egypt at this difficult time, as we continue to work together to fight the scourge of terrorism,” the White House said in a statement. [...]

By World Tribune – The bombing followed a post by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s affiliate in Egypt urging strikes against the judiciary following the hanging of six alleged [...]

By Mark Hensch – The Hill –  “ISIS is not just regionalized, like the administration says in only Iraq and Syria,” McCaul told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “This is a [...]

By Middle East Briefing Comparing the reality in the Middle East to some official statements in Washington that ISIL has lost momentum and is retreating, one should conclude that either what is [...]

By Dr. Thibaut Gress To answer this first question, I would suggest a short historical and etymological review to understand the purport of the term, which is rather vague and contains some [...]

By Dr. Thibaut Gress I would like to suggest some thoughts on the notion of genocide, and to discuss the precise meaning of the word, by asking who is being killed and what is being killed in the [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – The Commentator  It’s noteworthy that Francis didn’t merely make a passing comment on global warming during this or that sermon, but that he issued a papal encyclical [...]