“That’s not a situation that any country would like to get involved in” No one who knows anything about the Middle East seriously thought that Arab Muslim armies would be securing Gaza, let alone disarming Hamas, but the King of Jordan, who lives in fear of the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent organization of Hamas, taking […]
King Abdullah: Voluble with Biden, Circumspect with Trump
King Abdullah came to Washington to meet with President Biden on February 12, 2024. On February 11, 2025, a year minus one day later, the king was in Washington again, to meet with a very different president. While Abdullah, at his meeting with Biden, had offered some remarks that took issue with American policy, this […]
Peace between Israel and Jordan is unraveling
The peace between Israel and Jordan has always been cold, especially as compared to the warmth of the relations between the Abraham Accords states. King Abdullah of Jordan is under constant pressure from Islamic hardliners in his country, where the Islamic State was quite popular. There is no chance that such people would ever accept […]
Bangladesh: Hindu converts to Islam, starts stockpiling arms and explosives
Yet another convert to Islam gets the idea that his new religion requires him to commit acts of violence. Why do so many converts misunderstand their new Religion of Peace? Why is it so hard for imams to instruct converts in a way that would prevent this misunderstanding? Or could it be that Islam is […]