Monthly Archives: March 2015

Egypt Executes Muslim Brotherhood Supporter – Update with video

By | 2015-03-09T00:04:05-04:00 March 9th, 2015|News|

Egypt on Saturday executed a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood for a murder committed during riots in mid-2013, Al Jazeera reported.   The execution marked the first death sentence carried out against a supporter of the banned Muslim Brotherhood under President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.   In a statement on its Facebook page, the Interior Ministry

Moroccan Mother Arrested for Recruiting Women to ISIS

By | 2015-03-08T22:46:02-04:00 March 8th, 2015|News|

A Moroccan woman was arrested at a Spanish airport Saturday on suspicion of recruiting European and North African women to join the Islamic State group, authorities said, according to AFP.   The suspect, named as Samira Yerou, was sent to Spain by Turkish authorities after they caught her trying to illegally enter Syria, Spain's interior

Nigeria: Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to ISIS

By | 2015-03-07T23:50:37-04:00 March 7th, 2015|News|

The leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) group in an audio recording released Saturday.   "We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims, Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini al-Qurashi," said the voice on the message, which was believed to be

ISIS Destroys Ancient City of Hatra

By | 2015-03-07T23:29:31-04:00 March 7th, 2015|Reports|

The United Nations' cultural body on Saturday condemned the "destruction" by the Islamic State jihadist group of Hatra, a stunning Roman period ancient fortress city in the Iraqi desert, according to AFP.    The destruction of the UNESCO world heritage site was reported two days after the Iraqi antiquities ministry said that ISIS bulldozed the

A Very Historic Moment: Israel Tries to Save the West

By | 2015-03-07T14:29:55-04:00 March 7th, 2015|Op-Eds|

Against President Obama’s wishes, PM Netanyahu will be addressing Congress about the extraordinary danger of a nuclear Iran. Obama’s administration wishes to deflect American concerns about the unenforceable deal it is negotiating with Shiite Iran by conducting a demonization campaign against Israel and its Prime Minister.   I share Jonathan Tobin’s view that Netanyahu should

Zarif: We Might Accept a 10-Year Freeze on Our Nuclear Program

By | 2015-03-06T21:26:07-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Thursday suggested that a 10-year moratorium on some aspects of his country's nuclear program might be acceptable to Tehran, Reuters reported.   U.S. President Barack Obama told the same news agency on Monday that Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive