The jihad against Israel is perpetual and brazen, while the world gangs up on Israel and propagates the Big Lie about Israeli “occupation” and “apartheid” against Palestinians. “New PA embassy in Tunisia displays huge map of ‘Palestine’ erasing Israel,” Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, October 31, 2021: According to “direct orders and instructions” from […]
Rep. Omar and some GOPers go to war for the Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. It’s not just the rising prices and loss of hope that makes the Biden administration feel like a rerun of the Obama administration. In the birthplace of the Arab Spring, […]
In Tunisia, Street Riots and a Necessary Quasi-Coup
The much ballyhooed “Arab Spring” began with the self-immolation of a Tunisian street seller, Mohamed Bouazizi, in protest at police corruption and his own ill treatment. His death set off riots across Tunisia, becoming a general uprising against the massive corruption of President Ben Ali and his cronies; Ben Ali was forced to flee […]
Tunisia: Pro-Sharia MP repeatedly slaps female colleague in parliament
There is domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth […]
Tunisia: Location for Star Wars shooting became Islamic State waypoint
A tidy parable for the long-range trajectory of the Western world, unless there is some drastic change. “Star Wars Day: How real-life Tatooine location became ISIS waypoint,” by Berny Torre, Daily Star, May 4, 2021: In a galaxy not so far away, the real-life desert world of Tatooine has been devastated by both ISIS and […]
Christian convert jailed for ‘undermining Islam’ in Algeria, now facing persecution in Tunisia
Apostasy is a crime in Islam which carries the death penalty; so does blasphemy. A former Muslim turned Christian, Slimane Bouhafs, was jailed in Algeria in 2016 for saying that “the light of Jesus would outshine that of Islam.” He’s still being tormented now that he has been released and has moved to Tunisia. There […]
Tunisia: Mother explodes herself and her baby in jihad suicide attack
How could a mother be moved to do such a thing? She may have been threatened or forced, or she may have been convinced that Allah would reward her: “Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and […]
Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco target Christians with harsh and disproportionate laws
It’s hard to know what those four countries have in common. Anybody have any ideas? “Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, even if they are among the people of the […]
Libya deports families of Islamic State jihadis to Tunisia
Meanwhile, Western nations are bringing the members of Islamic State families back, often at great expense, and are excoriated as “racist” for any reluctance to do so. Why is it that Libya can act in the interests of its national security, but European and North American countries cannot? “Libya deports number of families of ISIS […]
Tunisia: Muslims linked to Islamic State behead young shepherd near Algerian border
The article doesn’t explain why, but it is likely that this shepherd rejected the Islamic State, and thus was considered an apostate, subject to the death penalty for apostasy. And “when you meet the unbelievers, strike necks” (Qur’an 47:4). “Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border,” Reuters, December 20, 2020: TUNIS (Reuters) -Islamist militants kidnapped […]