Selected Opinion

by Raymond Ibrahim – It’s official: The United Nations, following the Muslim world’s lead, has formally accepted the concept of “Islamophobia,” a move that will undoubtedly [...]

Marina Samir – Rowaq CIHRS – Abstract : This paper raises questions about the extent to which the demand for a uniform civil personal status law, as advocated by progressive forces in [...]

By Ezzedine C. Fishere – The Washington Post – In February, Egypt’s attorney general decided to investigate the writer and talk show host Ibrahim Eissa over his questioning [...]

 By David Isaac – JNS –  According to York University’s Farhad Rezaei, what distinguishes Iran when it comes to persecution of Christians is that it is pursuing a “strategy of [...]

By Magdi Abdelhadi – Newsline Magazine – The dilemma facing Egyptians as they look to the past for a new sense of national identity. Pick up any Egyptian banknote, look at both sides [...]

By Yezid Sayigh – Carnegie Middle East Center – For Egypt to deliver on its economic projects, the tentacles of military retirees in the state bureaucracy must be cut. Egyptian President [...]

By Uzay Bulut – Providence – Azerbaijan’s government has announced that it intends to erase Armenian inscriptions on religious sites in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) [...]

By Elisabetta Brighi  – Open Democracy – In 25 January 2016, Giulio Regeni, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, disappeared while carrying out field work in [...]

By TIMEP – Egypt’s legal framework is an important angle through which to understand the state of religious minorities in the country. This brief delves into some of the primary issues [...]

Reviewed by Daniel Pipes – Christian Martyrs under Islam: Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World – by Christian C. Sahner – Princeton: Princeton University Press, [...]