Writings by Topic: Democracy and Islam
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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows
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| Title |
Publication |
Date |
| No, the Islamic Republic Will Not Moderate |
Middle East Forum Observer | April 10, 2024 |
| Englandistan: Islamic Prayer in Westminster |
Israel National News | April 9, 2024 |
| Islamists Won the U.K. Elections |
Arutz Sheva | March 4, 2024 |
| The Passions of Bassem Youssef |
Substack | February 27, 2024 |
| Western Islamists Work to Build the Taliban's Afghanistan into a Global Caliphate |
Focus on Western Islamism | February 22, 2024 |
| France's Half-Baked Plan to Fight Islamist Separatism |
Focus on Western Islamism | February 19, 2024 |
| How Germany Facilitates Erdoğan's Influence |
Focus on Western Islamism | January 17, 2024 |
| Chinese Communists Enlist Islamists in War Against the West |
The Epoch Times | November 27, 2023 |
| America's Problem with Islamic Enclaves |
The Stream | November 13, 2023 |
| Islamism vs. The West 35 Years of Geopolitical Struggle |
New York: Wicked Son | October 23, 2023 |
| UK Islamists Using Local Governments to Sneak in 'Islamophobia' Rules |
Focus on Western Islamism | October 2, 2023 |
| Europe's Latest Migrant Crisis Threatens the European Union Itself |
National Review | October 2, 2023 |
| New York State Funds Islamist Hatred of Jews, Christians, Promotes Enslaving Women and Children |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 27, 2023 |
| Canceled: California Assembly Deletes Praise for Radical Islamist Groups Following MEF Campaign |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 13, 2023 |
| Libya's Anti-Israel Protests Fueled by Rage at Unelected Leaders Clinging to Power |
The Times of Israel | August 29, 2023 |
| Will Germany Have a Muslim Chancellor Some Day? |
Arutz Sheva | August 17, 2023 |
| Scandinavia Prepares to Submit to Blasphemy Bullying |
Focus on Western Islamism | August 7, 2023 |
| Turkish President Erdoğan Is Grooming His Youngest Son Bilal to Succeed Him |
Nordic Monitor | July 31, 2023 |
| Why Did UK Open Its Doors to Bangladesh's Most Dangerous Islamist? |
Focus on Western Islamism | June 23, 2023 |
| Turkey's Elections: Nationalist Identity Politics Wins Out Over Misery |
Gatestone Institute | May 23, 2023 |
| Arms Industry Takes Center Stage in Turkey's Tense Election Campaign |
DefenseNews | May 11, 2023 |
| Erdoğan's Cronies to Flee Turkey in Case of Electoral Defeat |
Nordic Monitor | May 10, 2023 |
| Al Qaeda-Linked NJ Mayor Cries 'Islamophobia' after White House Snubbing |
Focus on Western Islamism | May 4, 2023 |
| Indiana Congressman Praises Muslim Brotherhood Group He Once Rejected |
Focus on Western Islamism | April 25, 2023 |
| Germany's Leftist Government Refuses to Confront Islamism |
Focus on Western Islamism | March 31, 2023 |
| Turkey: A Belated Farewell to Erdoğan? |
Gatestone Institute | March 30, 2023 |
| Austria's Radical Mosques: A Wake-Up Call for the West |
Focus on Western Islamism | March 23, 2023 |
| America's First All-Muslim City Council Is Riddled with Antisemites |
JNS | March 21, 2023 |
| Senior Turkish Army General Implicated in 2002 Assassination |
Nordic Monitor | March 20, 2023 |
| Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Join Mosque and State |
Focus on Western Islamism | March 15, 2023 |
| Muslim Brotherhood Eyes Turkey Earthquake Funds to Promote Islamism |
Nordic Monitor | March 9, 2023 |
| Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrates Official French Counter-Islamism Forum |
Focus on Western Islamism | March 9, 2023 |
| Earthquake Unveils Turkey's Many Ugly Faces |
Gatestone Institute | February 24, 2023 |
| Threat of Islamist Violence Shapes Sweden's Free Speech Debate |
Focus on Western Islamism | February 24, 2023 |
| Scotland's Probable Next Leader Has an Islamist Problem |
Focus on Western Islamism | February 23, 2023 |
| MEF Investigation Reveals: Los Angeles Police Infiltrated by Pakistani Regime Loyalists |
Focus on Western Islamism | February 14, 2023 |
| Turkey Released Two-Thirds of ISIS Detainees, Sent over 1,000 ISIS Jihadists to Europe |
Nordic Monitor | February 6, 2023 |
| Omar Screams 'Islamophobia' ... but There's Nothing 'Irrational' about Fearing Islam |
The Stream | February 3, 2023 |
| Strategic Patience with Turkey to Undercut Erdoğan Ahead of Election |
Gatestone Institute | February 3, 2023 |
| The Iran Revolt Has Sustainable Momentum: What Happens Next? |
The Jerusalem Report | January 28, 2023 |
| Turkey's Elections Are Not Just Turkey's |
Gatestone Institute | January 26, 2023 |
| Canada's Islamists Impede the Counterjihad While Seeking Taxpayer Monies |
Focus on Western Islamism | January 13, 2023 |
| Sweden's Islamist Party Leader Claims Muslims Profiled by Intelligence, Rights Violated |
Nordic Monitor | January 12, 2023 |
| France Settles l'Affaire Houellebecq — at Least for Now |
The New York Sun | January 11, 2023 |
| Islamist in Georgia Falsely Portrays Herself as Cinderella Candidate |
Focus on Western Islamism | January 9, 2023 |
| Divisive Australia: Promotes Islam, Shuns Christianity |
The Spectator | December 16, 2022 |
| An Islamist-Leftist Alliance Threatens Freedoms in Spain |
Focus on Western Islamism | December 14, 2022 |
| An Inside Look at the Decline of Islamism with Former Salafist Umar Lee; Part II: The Akh-Right and Antisemitism |
Focus on Western Islamism | November 25, 2022 |
| An Inside Look at the Decline of Islamism with Former Salafist Umar Lee; Part I: Conversion and Disillusionment |
Focus on Western Islamism | November 25, 2022 |
| Counter-Islamists Meet in a Palace, Make Ambitious Plans |
Focus on Western Islamism | November 10, 2022 |
| Is Erdoğan About to Get His Comeuppance? |
Gatestone Institute | November 1, 2022 |
| Denmark Leads the West to Immigration Sanity |
The National Interest | October 28, 2022 |
| Legacy Media: Italy's New PM Is a 'Neo-Fascist.' But, No, She Isn't |
Focus on Western Islamism | October 27, 2022 |
| Is This Immigrant Muslim Stronghold in Michigan America's Election Fraud Capital? |
Focus on Western Islamism | October 25, 2022 |
| A Conservative-Islamist Alliance; Part 1: Trouble in Dearborn |
Focus on Western Islamism | October 25, 2022 |
| Can a Single Politician Cut EU Funding to Islamists? |
Focus on Western Islamism | October 14, 2022 |
| Qatar Funds Islamist Separatism in Germany |
Focus on Western Islamism | October 10, 2022 |
| Furqaan Bookstore Promoted Anti-Western Hate and 9/11 Conspiracies at ISNA Convention |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 30, 2022 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's Dangerous Actor, Part II: Looking Ahead |
GIS | September 29, 2022 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's Dangerous Actor, Part I: Beginnings |
GIS | September 28, 2022 |
| Iran's Morality Police Kill Young Woman, Spurring Protests |
The Jerusalem Post | September 16, 2022 |
| Mosque Founder Says Muslims Should Pray for West's Destruction: Will Pittsburgh's Mayor Honor Him? |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 14, 2022 |
| Farce or Progress? Macron Tries to Expel an Islamist |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 9, 2022 |
| Palm Beach School Board Under Fire for Awards from Islamist Group |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 7, 2022 |
| DeSantis Accuses CAIR of Deception, Ousts It from Florida Program |
Focus on Western Islamism | September 1, 2022 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr Retires: What Next in Iraq? |
The Jerusalem Post | August 30, 2022 |
| Congress Holds Key to Turkey-Greece Balance of Air Power |
Gatestone Institute | August 25, 2022 |
| Erdoğan Blocks Visits by UN Human Rights Group |
Nordic Monitor | August 25, 2022 |
| Harvard Replaces Michigan Mayor Accused of Election Fraud from Voting Rights Panel |
Focus on Western Islamism | August 21, 2022 |
| Congressional Candidates Withdraw from Event at Jihadist Mosque |
Focus on Western Islamism | August 15, 2022 |
| EU Funds Islamist Groups Defunded by Former Arab Sponsors |
Focus on Western Islamism | July 28, 2022 |
| Ankara and Tehran Instigate Iraq Chaos |
The Jerusalem Post | July 28, 2022 |
| Tunisia's Constitutional Referendum Has Regional Implications |
The Jerusalem Post | July 25, 2022 |
| CAIR Polls Itself, Revealing Its Failure to Unite Muslims |
Focus on Western Islamism | July 8, 2022 |
| Erdoğan's Choreographed Row with NATO Is for Domestic Consumption |
Gatestone Institute | July 7, 2022 |
| Breaking Away from Iran (Part 2): Iraq |
GIS | July 5, 2022 |
| Breaking Away from Iran (Part 1): Lebanon |
GIS | July 4, 2022 |
| Turkey's Religious Arm Gears Up for Intensive Campaign Among the Diaspora for Erdoğan's Re-Election Bid |
Nordic Monitor | June 9, 2022 |
| Lebanese Leader Defies Hezbollah, but Is It Enough? |
The Jerusalem Post | May 27, 2022 |
| No to the Planned Palestinian Elections |
The Jerusalem Post | January 15, 2020 |
| Eternal Jihad: Islam Will Never, Ever Stop |
American Thinker | October 23, 2018 |
| Kurdistan Region in Iraq Goes to Polls a Year after Independence Vote |
Jerusalem Post | October 2, 2018 |
| Socialists Back Islamist-Linked Muslim Candidates in Michigan Primaries |
The Federalist | August 13, 2018 |
| Saudi Arabia and Canada: Why Is the Kingdom Losing Support in the West? |
Jerusalem Post | August 6, 2018 |
| Europe's Most Important Politicians in 2018 (so Far) |
The Washington Times | August 1, 2018 |
| Turkey: New System, Old One-Man Show |
BESA Center | July 30, 2018 |
| Did Someone Say 'An Apartheid State'? |
Sigma Insight Turkey | July 24, 2018 |
| Islamists With Ties To Terror Lobby Congress |
FrontPage Magazine | May 4, 2018 |
| The Turkish Referendum: A Turning Point? |
BESA Center Perspectives | April 20, 2017 |
| Turks Vote to Give Away Their Democracy |
The Gatestone Institute | April 18, 2017 |
| Turkey's Democracy Deficit |
The Gatestone Institute | August 11, 2016 |
| Turkey's Stockholm Syndrome |
The Gatestone Institute | November 8, 2015 |
| What Turkey's Elections Will NOT Change |
The Gatestone Institute | October 29, 2015 |
| Erdoğan Leads Turkey to the Precipice |
The Australian | October 17, 2015 |
| The Turkish Press's New Normal |
The Gatestone Institute | October 4, 2015 |
| Turkey's Thaw with Israel Could Be Short-Lived |
The Gatestone Institute | September 21, 2015 |
| Turkey: Hope and Fear |
The Huffington Post | June 23, 2015 |
| Post-Election Turkey: Now What? |
The Gatestone Institute | June 11, 2015 |
| An End to the 'Era of Oppression' in Turkey? |
The Gatestone Institute | June 8, 2015 |
| Turkey's Unimportant Election |
The Washington Times | June 5, 2015 |
| Will Turkey Go the Way of Weimar Germany? |
The Gatestone Institute | May 2, 2015 |
| Erdoğan's Western Enablers |
Hürriyet Daily News | February 18, 2015 |
| Why a 'Turkish Tsipras' is an Oxymoron |
Hürriyet Daily News | January 30, 2015 |
| Legitimate and Illegitimate Dictators |
Hürriyet Daily News | November 26, 2014 |
| Better Dictators than Elected Islamists |
The Washington Times | December 11, 2012 |
| Muslim Brotherhood 'Democracy' |
Investigative Project on Terrorism | July 9, 2012 |
| Egyptian Election: Islamist Victory or Deceptive Strategy? |
Gatestone Institute | June 19, 2012 |
| Moderate Indonesia? |
The American Spectator | June 6, 2012 |
| Voting in Egypt as 'Holy War' |
Gatestone Institute | May 22, 2012 |
| Jihad: When Elections Fail |
Jihad Watch | January 26, 2012 |
| Is an Egyptian "Democracy" a Good Thing? |
Hudson New York | February 16, 2011 |
| Anoush Ehteshami and Democracy in Egypt |
The Economist | February 8, 2011 |
| Islam and Democracy - Much Hard Work Needed |
National Post | February 7, 2011 |
| Why Egypt Will Not Soon Become Democratic |
The Economist | February 4, 2011 |
| 'Lawfare' gains ground |
Washington Times | May 19, 2009 |
| Arab Democracy and American Policy |
MEF Policy Forum | February 25, 2009 |
| The Islamist Role in the 2008 Canadian Elections |
American Thinker | November 8, 2008 |
| Turkey: Erdogan, the AKP, and Secularism |
Euro-Atlantic Quarterly | July 2008 |
| The Case Against Turkey's Ruling Party |
The American | June 20, 2008 |
| Turkey's Putin Deserves to Go |
Wall Street Journal | June 6, 2008 |
| Turkey's Uncertain Future |
The American | April 30, 2008 |
| A Democratic Islam? |
Jerusalem Post | April 17, 2008 |
| Turkey and Democracy |
Euro-Atlantic Quarterly | March 2008 |
| Ban Islam? |
New York Sun | August 29, 2007 |
| Fight for Mideast democracy faltering |
Philadelphia Inquirer | July 14, 2006 |
| [The Hamas electoral victory:] Democracy's bitter fruit |
National Post | January 27, 2006 |
| Don't deal with terrorists |
USA Today | January 25, 2006 |
| The Freedom Crusade, Revisited: A Symposium |
National Interest | Winter 2005/06 |
| All the Wrong Reasons |
Private Papers | November 13, 2005 |
| Defending and Advancing Freedom |
Commentary | November 2005 |
| Can Hezbollah and Hamas Be Democratic? |
New York Sun | March 22, 2005 |
| A Neo-Conservative's Caution |
New York Sun | March 8, 2005 |
| Indonesian Democracy vs. Islamist Fundamentalism |
FrontPageMagazine.com | August 10, 2004 |
| Is an Iraqi Strongman Emerging? |
New York Sun | May 4, 2004 |
| Bush the radical |
Jerusalem Post | November 12, 2003 |
| Debate: Islam and Democracy |
PBS "Wide Angle" | July 15, 2003 |
| A Strongman for Iraq? |
New York Post | April 28, 2003 |
| Are Today's Islamic Movements Compatible with Democracy? |
Insight | August 14, 2000 |
| There Are No Moderates: Dealing with Fundamentalist Islam |
National Interest | Fall 1995 |
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Webinars
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| Title |
Publication |
Date |
| Yehudit Barsky on Islamist Antisemitism in the West |
Middle East Forum Webinar | September 18, 2023 |
| Pinar Tremblay on Understanding Erdoğan's Victory |
Middle East Forum Webinar | June 26, 2023 |
| Collin May: How the 'Islamophobia' Accusation Damaged Me |
Middle East Forum Webinar | May 5, 2023 |
| Sam Westrop on Americans vs Europeans: Guess Who Deals Better with Islamism? |
Middle East Forum Webinar | April 28, 2023 |
| Nima Gholan Ali Pour on Sweden's Crisis of Unchecked Immigration |
Middle East Forum Webinar | March 17, 2023 |
| Asra Nomani on Islamism's Woke Army |
Middle East Forum Webinar | March 3, 2023 |
| Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III on Iraq: Twenty Years After the Fall of Saddam Hussein |
Middle East Forum Webinar | February 24, 2023 |
| Amir Taheri on Iran's Counter-Revolution |
Middle East Forum Webinar | February 17, 2023 |
| Benjamin Baird on the Future of Islamism in Politics in the United States |
Middle East Forum Webinar | February 6, 2023 |
| Hussain Abdul-Hussain on Iran's Push to Control Iraq |
Middle East Forum Webinar | January 20, 2023 |
| Susannah Johnston on the Decline of the Islamic Society of North America: An On-Site Report |
Middle East Forum Webinar | October 7, 2022 |
| Brigitte Gabriel on Living Under Islamism: A Personal Tale of Survival |
Middle East Forum Webinar | September 19, 2022 |
| Sean Durns: How Hezbollah Manipulates the Media |
Middle East Forum Webinar | August 1, 2022 |
| Daniel Haqiqatjou: Why Islam Is the Solution to 'Liberalism' |
Middle East Forum Webinar | May 27, 2022 |
| Charles Jacobs Asks "Where are America's Jewish Leaders?" on Islamist Antisemitism |
Middle East Forum Webinar | April 4, 2022 |
| Paul Miller: What Does Just War Theory Say about the Middle East? |
Middle East Forum Webinar | March 25, 2022 |
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