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Ain Al-Hilweh Fighting Reflects Palestinian and Sunni Arab Weakness

A truce brokered earlier this week by the Lebanese General Security Service to end the ongoing fighting in the Palestinian Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp appears to have broken down, with renewed clashes taking place at various...

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Muslims Break the Cross

Back in 2015, I watched a 1-minute video clip of Muslims connected to the Islamic State (ISIS) breaking crosses inside and from atop churches on Arabic social media, where the video had for some days been going viral. Surprised...

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Turkey: An Air Force Without Wings

Turkey, once NATO's staunch southeastern flank sentinel against the Soviet Union, still operates the alliance's second-largest military. These days, NATO's second-largest military has a problem with its aerial firepower. Turks...

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Netanyahu Looks to Cap off Streak of Successes in America with UN Address

On Friday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stride up to the podium at the United Nations Assembly Hall for the 12th time, aiming to culminate what is arguably the most successful week of his current term in office...

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The Release of ISIS Suspects Gaining Momentum in Turkey, New Figures Reveal

According to recent data disclosed by the Turkish interior minister, Turkish authorities have been releasing a growing number of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) detainees this year compared to last year. This pattern...

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A Thousand Years of Jihad on the Oldest Christian Nation

The Islamic scimitar is rattling with Christian blood again. In late 2020, war broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Two months later, peace was achieved on condition that the ancient Christian nation cede a portion of its...

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In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams Amplifies the Islamists

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alongside NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban, announced at a press conference on August 29th that mosques in the city are now free to broadcast an amplified adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, at...

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PM Holds 'Friendly' UN Sidelines Meet With Zelensky against Backdrop of Tensions

UNITED NATIONS – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting on Tuesday described by both sides as positive against the backdrop of tense relations since the start of Russia's 2022...

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Spotlight: US Congress Probes Iranian Influence in American Mosques

Lawmakers have called on the Biden Administration to investigate four Shi'a mosques in the United States they believe are working on behalf of Iran's Islamist government. In a July 28 letter shepherded to publication by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., lawmakers asked Attorney General Merrick Garland and Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, to investigate Shi'a religious institutions across the U.S.

Citing information published in Focus on Western Islamism, the lawmakers declare that the mosques appear to form "a network of regime-sponsored mosques acting as agents for a foreign adversary."

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Congress Acts on MEF Iranian Regime Mosque Exposé
(Aug 3, 2023)
Congressmen Call for Investigation of Iranian Regime Control of Mosques in U.S.
by Susannah Johnston (Aug 3, 2023)
GOP Reps Raise Alarm Bells over Iran's Influence in American Mosques
by Benjamin Weinthal (Aug 1, 2023)
Maryland Legislature Funds Pro-Iran Mosque Entangled in Terror Trials
by Benjamin Baird (May 26, 2023)
Meet Hamza Sodagar, Tehran's American Mouthpiece
by Susannah Johnston (Apr 26, 2023)
Michigan Imam Serves Tehran Regime as He's Fêted by U.S. Politicians
by Susannah Johnston (Aug 17, 2022)
Texas Mosque Enlists Children into Cult of Iranian Martyrdom
by Dexter Van Zile (Jul 29, 2022)

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