Since 9/11, Islamist culture is seen to be synonymous with violence, misogyny and a pathological hatred for others; and, ironically, it has made Muslims themselves its most numerous victims. “Impure,” or non-authentic Muslims, meant those whose Islam had been weakened … Continue reading
An employee of the museum at a former Nazi German death camp in Poland has been charged with anti-Semitism along with five other men, local media and police said Saturday. Officers detained the Poles in the eastern city of Lublin … Continue reading
This year the Munich Security Conference turns 50. For decades the gathering has been one of the most important places for the trans-Atlantic community to exchange ideas, find common ground and devise foreign and security policy. But when politicians, military … Continue reading
In her latest pamphlet, Judith Butler urges the end of the Jewish state. BY STEPHAN GRIGAT* Why should an author favoring US gender scientist Lila Abu-Lughod’s praise of burka be recognized as a mastermind of feminism? According to Judith Butler, … Continue reading
In response to Kerry’s remarks, according to which not achieving a breakthrough in the negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program will lead to the military option being on the table, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Ali Jafari warned, “The United … Continue reading
How a Jew was tortured to death in France because he was a Jew. In 2006. That poor body was also burned, as if it the horror had taken place during the Spanish Inquisition of the 15th century. Because all … Continue reading
Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas deserves congratulations (mabrouk in Arabic). He has just entered his tenth year of his four-year term in office. The next time US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Ramallah, he should not forget to … Continue reading
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum at the site of the former German death camp in Poland has launched an online Holocaust awareness program in Arabic and Farsi. The expanded educational program is directed toward countries in which Holocaust denial is commonplace. … Continue reading
Israeli peace activists who arrived in Ramallah recently were forced to leave the city under Palestinian Authority [PA] police protection. The activists were escorted out of Ramallah in police vans after Palestinian protesters attacked the hotel where a “peace conference” … Continue reading
An obscure academic organization called the American Studies Association not long ago voted to endorse a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli universities. The self-appointed moralists were purportedly outraged over the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians. Given academia’s past … Continue reading
