Selected Opinion

By Ben Sixsmith  – The Critic-UK – Our leaders should take a firm stance on anti-Christian violence  Life is difficult as a Pakistani Christian. Technically, one has freedom [...]

By Steven A. Cook – Foreign Policy – Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the grips of what could be described as “Sisi-mania.” Songs, sandwiches, music videos, [...]

by Burak Bekdil – Gatestone Institute – If logic worked in politics, the question to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan should have been: Why has your country so passionately [...]

By Patrick George – Daraj- Following is the article, originally published (in Arabic) in July 2019, that led to the arrest and trial of the author. Not a month goes by without tragedy striking [...]

by Uzay Bulut – Gatestone Institute – magine if you are a child from a persecuted religious minority living in one of the world’s most oppressive countries. The country’s [...]

by Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute – “[T]here was absolutely no case. There was no proof against Noman, and none of the witnesses produced by police could corroborate the [...]

By Foreign Policy – Waiting for change in Afghanistan is like waiting for Godot. Hatred is stalking the women of Afghanistan, pushing them further into darkness as world leaders appear to be [...]

By Riccardo Fabiani, Michael W. Hanna – Crisis Group – Egypt faces an economic crisis that risks fuelling unrest. The International Monetary Fund demands reforms in return for loans, while [...]

by Raymond Ibrahim – Resorting to jihadist rhetoric, Esra, the daughter of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—who just gained another five years as [...]

by Amir Taheri – Gatestone Institute – Atatürkism… tried to reinvent Turkey’s identity as a modern state claiming Hittite and Celtic roots, distancing itself from the [...]