Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, and its mosque, founded in 972 A.D., have represented the authoritative, Vatican-like pinnacle of Sunni Islamic religious education since the beginning of the late 13th century Mamluk reign in Egypt. At a recent March, 2025 Ramadan event in front of Al-Azhar’s mosque, celebrating its founding, Muslims were reminded of the words of the famous 16th century Egyptian Muslim scholar al-Haytami (d. 1567), “There is no […]
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On Mistrusting Ahmad al-Sharaa
Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of the largest Syrian rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has now become the de facto ruler of Syria, or rather of about half of Syria, because he does not control the Alawite-populated coastal areas of Latakia and Tartous, nor the area south of Damascus inhabited by the Druze, nor the […]
The British, the Muslims, and the Future of Great Britain
The appointment of Hamid Patel to be head of Ofsted, which makes him the senior official in charge of inspecting schools in the UK, sounds a tocsin, a warning sign of things to come. Demography, alas, is destiny. The native British are not replacing themselves. Their fertility rate is 1.4 births per woman, far below […]
The EU’s New High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas’ Old Mistakes
Things are looking up for Israel at the EU. The anti-Israel Josep Borrell is now gone. He has just now been replaced as the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy by Kaja Kallas, the former president of Estonia known for her warm attitude toward Israel. However, despite her personal warmth, Ms. Kallas […]
‘Human Rights’ Groups Partner With Putin on Muslim Invasion
Military age men from the Middle East flown into Russia. Over the last 4 years, Belarus, a Putin client state, has been recruiting Muslim migrants to invade Poland. Masses of these invaders from places like Somalia and Iraq are escorted to the border, handed axes and wirecutters to hack their way across the border, so that they […]
Syria: ‘7,000 massacres of Christians and Alawites,’ and EU gives $4,600,000,000 to jihadi regime
“The European Commission will provide new humanitarian support to Syrians, both inside Syria and in neighbouring countries, for an amount of €235 million for 2025. Following the collapse of the former government in Damascus, the EU is working at all levels to boost humanitarian aid delivery, including through launching Humanitarian Air Bridge flights.” — European Commission, […]
Daniel Davis Appears Hellbent on Protecting Hamas, the Houthis, and Iran
Daniel Davis was almost the Deputy Director of Intelligence for Mission Integration: “Anti-Israel commentator tapped as a deputy director of national intelligence,” by Marc Rod, Jewish Insider, March 12, 2025: He criticized world leaders who, after the Iranian missile attack, called on Iran and its proxies to cease their attacks on Israel, adding, “How about condemning Israel […]
The Moral Inversion of Antisemitism
A review of Robert Spencer’s new masterpiece, Antisemitism: History and Myth. After Oct 7, Robert Spencer, the eminent scholar of religions and expert on Islamic terrorism, witnessed the irrational return of antisemitism, not just on the left, but also on the right. “Fervent and articulate opponents of globalism and socialism began sending me articles in […]
A walk through the cemetery of history
“History is experimental politics; this is the best or rather the only good politics” (19th century French conservative thinker Joseph de Maistre) What future can we see in the light of history – “experimental politics”? To answer this question, we will have to take a brief historical excursion to the Middle East, the cradle of […]
The Jihadist Massacre in Latakia
The jihadists now running things in Damascus have just ripped off their “moderate” masks. Their “security services” have been slaughtering Alawite civilians — men, women, and children in Latakia and Tartous — with estimates of those killed now ranging from 1,000 to 4,000. Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the main rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham […]