Selected Opinion

By The Washinton Post – The self-declared “caliphate” that in June 2014 was localized in Iraq and Syria now has nearly 50 affiliates or supporting groups in 21 countries. It has declared [...]

By Lord David Alton of Liverpool – Catholic Herald – Just before Christmas 75 parliamentarians, from both Houses and all parties – including the former head of our Armed Forces, the [...]

By Farid Farid in Cairo – International Business Times – It is a cruel irony that Hegazy’s first arrest came in December 2013, some six months after general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi [...]

By Mona Eltahawy – The New York Times – The officer, who identified himself by rank and first name only, did correctly name other places I had visited, including some I had not [...]

By Saba E. Demian, M.D. Retired professor of Laboratory Medicine USC, LSU Schools of Medicine   A faithful believer in the Almighty, espousing and living His dicta, totally alien to [...]

By Nader Shukry – Watani – The kidnapped Copts come mostly from the southern provinces of Sohag, Assiut, and Minya, as well as from districts around Alexandria. Participating in the [...]

By Middle East Forum – I have no idea how many justice ministers in the democratically civilized world have to make speeches arguing that their country is not a dictatorship. But Turkish [...]

By Middle East Briefing – Two factors played a role in making the day a storm that never happened: The wave of threats by security authorities that force will be used against protestors and [...]

“Thousands [of Iraqi Christians] have been killed, hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee,” noted CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview with Col. Warren last week.  “There is legitimate fear [...]

By Jayson Casper – Among the many battlegrounds between liberal and conservative visions for Egypt is the blasphemy law, with Islam al-Beheiry and Fatima Naoot its latest victims.  [...]