Selected Opinion

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 [...]

By Sara Khorshid – Foreign Policy – Western leaders and filmmakers have long denied the link between modern Egypt and its ancient heritage. When former U.S. President John F. Kennedy [...]

by Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute – The evidence is overwhelming. “Each girl had been nailed alive upon her cross, spikes through her feet and hands…” — Aurora [...]