Monthly Archives: May 2013

Anti-Islamist protests flare following brutal London attack

By | 2013-05-23T11:26:39-04:00 May 23rd, 2013|News|

British police on Wednesday arrested two people as they tried to quell anti-Islamist disorder following the brutal murder in London of a man, believed to be a soldier.   A 43-year-old man was arrested in Braintree, east of London, after reportedly walking into a mosque with a knife shortly after news broke of the London

Jihadists Suspected in Shocking Daylight Attack Outside London

By | 2013-05-23T02:14:16-04:00 May 23rd, 2013|News|

A British soldier is dead, and two suspected terrorists were shot in a shocking daylight attack outside London Wednesday. Some accounts say the soldier was shot, while other witnesses described the attack as a "beheading," the London Telegraph reports, and ITV News obtained video of a man with bloody hands carrying knives and a meat

Kidnapped Egyptian security men in Sinai released, confirms army

By | 2013-05-22T20:05:14-04:00 May 22nd, 2013|News|

The seven Egyptian security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai have been released and are on their way to Cairo, an Egyptian army spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.   "The seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to the efforts of the Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with

Former Iranian President Barred from Elections

By | 2013-05-22T19:06:28-04:00 May 22nd, 2013|News|

Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a former government official, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, have been barred from contesting the June 14 presidential election, the interior ministry said Tuesday, according to AFP.   Eight candidates won approval to stand, including five conservatives close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as two moderate conservatives

How Did 150,000,000 Europeans Come to Hate Israel?

By | 2013-05-22T11:51:52-04:00 May 22nd, 2013|Op-Eds|

“The Jewish religion is under attack in Europe”, declared the Conference of European Rabbis president Pinchas Goldschmidt. Many polls (such as the study on behalf of the German Social Democratic Friedrich Ebert Foundation) bring an iconic number measuring the disaster: 150,000,000 Europeans have a delegitimizing and demonizing view of the State of Israel and its

Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral not militants

By | 2013-05-21T20:27:59-04:00 May 21st, 2013|News|

Officials said Egyptian authorities accidentally fired at a Bedouin funeral in Sinai during a search for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.   A security official said a senior military officer offered an apology to the family of the dead man.   Before the official's statement, Egyptian TV reported

The New Syria: Flogging in the Town Square

By | 2013-05-21T13:35:03-04:00 May 21st, 2013|Islam|

The rebellion against Syrian strongman Bashar Assad is turning increasingly Islamist in nature, seeing as the rebel forces are largely affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and salafist Islam.   Videos streaming in daily from Syria document this Islamist influence, which comes in the form of executions and torture carried out in the name