Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will visit Stockholm next month after Sweden became the first major state of the European Union to recognize the PA as "Palestine," the Swedish government announced Friday. "The visit of president Abbas, by invitation from the prime minister, is confirmed for February 10," foreign ministry spokeswoman Ulla Jacobson
The sale of seven million copies of the magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring a front page cartoon depicting an image purporting to be that of Muhammad has brought forth its first bloody response from the Islamic world – Niger – where reportedly three people have been killed and six churches attacked and looted. Riots and
The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist glares at Baghdad residents with bulging eyes and bared teeth, but neither kidnapping nor death are imminent, because this jihadist is made from a shoe. A black, treaded sole with the toe broken off serves as his face and nose, while old shoelaces evoke both black headscarf and long
At least 26 people were killed on Thursday in a series of terrorist attacks targeting army and police positions in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the website of the Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Reportedly the Islamic State (ISIS) branch in the Sinai has taken credit for the attacks. The attacks included car bombs and mortar rounds,
Failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, thrust into the spotlight by the demand by Islamic State (ISIS) that she be released in a prisoner exchange, is an important symbol for the jihadists, experts told AFP. Closely linked to ISIS's predecessor organization in Iraq, Rishawi is on death row in Jordan for her role in 2005
The speaker of the Turkish parliament took advantage of a ceremony honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day to attack Israel over its “massacres” in Gaza. Tuesday’s ceremony in Ankara marked the first time that Turkey marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was recognized by the UN in a 2005 resolution. According to the Hurriyet
France's puerile educational response - and for that matter, Europe's general response - to the Charlie Hebdo and supermarket massacres, is worse than useless. That the French ruling class had understood little or nothing of the massacres at Charlie Hebdo and at the kosher supermarket in Paris could have already been easily guessed. The
European Parliament President Martin Schulz of Germany took part in the fourth International “Let My People Live!” Forum against anti-Semitism this week, where he had harsh words for the recent rise of the racist hate in Europe. {youtube}5P_in-SlONk{/youtube} "Auschwitz is the darkest point in the history of mankind, and for sure the darkest
Western women who join Islamic State terrorists are driven by the same ideological passion as many male recruits and should be seen as potentially dangerous cheerleaders, not victims, experts told AFP. A new study out on Wednesday said the estimated 550 women who have travelled to Iraq and Syria are expected to marry, keep
Jordan is willing to free an Iraqi female jihadist from prison in exchange for a Jordanian pilot held hostage by the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS), state television said Wednesday. "Jordan is ready to release the prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi if the Jordanian pilot is freed unharmed," it quoted a government spokesman as saying.
