In this new video, Frank Gaffney interviews me about Russia’s de-listing the Taliban as a terrorist organization and then proceeding to invite a Taliban delegation to its high-level St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Chinese foreign minister says Iran and China offer a ‘distinct solution’ for international problems
China will never bow to a Western country the way it did to Iran. This latest rapprochement comes after China upset Iran by expressing “support for the United Arab Emirates’ claim about the triple islands, which have historically been part of Iran.” In a sudden turnaround, amounting to groveling to Iran, China’s foreign minister Wang […]
KazanForum 2024: International economic gathering joins Russia and Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Russia is strengthening its relations with Islamic countries, particularly with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In mid-May, KazanForum 2024 was held in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, a Republic of the Russian Federation. The event is characterized as one of Russia’s premier international economic gatherings. KazanForum aims to strengthen “economic, educational, social and cultural” […]
Libyan Fatwa House declares jihad against Russian forces, says jihad against them is religious duty for all Libyans
This fatwa aligns with traditional Islamic theology. In classic Sunni theology and law, only the caliph is authorized to declare offensive jihad. That jihad is an obligation on the community as a whole (fard kifaya); an individual is released from it if others are taking it up. But all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree […]
Russia to delist the Taliban as a terrorist organization
The decision of Russia to remove the Taliban from “the list of Moscow-designated terrorist organizations” serves to empower and embolden the Taliban globally. The world has reshuffled and continues to do so under the Biden administration, with the red-green axis tightening ever further. Russia also invited the Taliban to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in […]
Russia admits the involvement of ISIS for the first time in Moscow concert hall bombing, arrests 20
Vladimir Putin was in full denial about who was behind the Moscow concert hall attack, despite the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility. Then it emerged that Iran alerted Russia about a “major terrorist operation” ahead of the attack. Now it finally comes out that Russia has not only admitted to ISIS’ role, but has arrested 20 people. […]
Putin: Iran is ‘one of the main pillars of stability and security in the region’
America has historically served as a global police force, as well as a model of freedom and the rule of law. Those days are gone, however, as America nears collapse under Democrat rule. Whether or not the global community liked or disliked Trump as president, he was no easy pushover, and so the world was […]
FBI’s Wray can’t ‘think of a time’ where threats to ‘public safety and national security’ were so elevated
Christopher Wray says he’s “hard-pressed to think of a time where so many threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once.” The FBI is particularly concerned about national security after the Russian attack, but the threat was there long before that attack happened. ISIS claimed responsibility, and has been […]
Iran alerted Russia about ‘major terrorist operation’ ahead of attack
Vladimir Putin, along with many others, has been in denial about who was behind the Moscow concert hall attack, despite the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility. As Robert Spencer writes: The usual suspects of conspiracy paranoia, notably the CIA and Mossad, were accused on social media of being the real culprits. And Putin himself, in […]
Why Russia Is No Better at Fighting Islamic Terror Than We Are
America and Russia could fight Islamic terrorism but that would be politically inconvenient. After the Islamic terrorist attack in Moscow, Russia’s basic response (stripped of blaming Ukraine) looks a lot like ours. There’s a narrow focus on the handful of direct perpetrators, threats of consequences, retweets of statements of support from Muslim countries (Hamas has […]