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Obama’s Refugee Policy: Yes to Potential Terrorists, No to Victims of Genocide

Raymond Ibrahim | Gatestone Institute “Without doubt, Syrians of all confessions are being victimized by this savage war and are facing unimaginable suffering. But only Christians and other religious minorities are the deliberate targets of systematic persecution and genocide.” — U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, March 17, 1016. Christians account for 10% of Syria’s total population […]

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European Union Declares War on Internet Free Speech

Soeren Kern |  Gatestone Institute Opponents counter that the initiative amounts to an assault on free speech in Europe. They say that the European Union’s definition of “hate speech” and “incitement to violence” is so vague that it could include virtually anything deemed politically incorrect by European authorities, including criticism of mass migration, Islam or […]

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Europe Braces for More Jihadist Attacks

“Another attempted attack is almost certain.” by Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute Sports stadiums and big music events are especially vulnerable: “This is where you put a small town into a small area for a couple of hours.” — Neil Basu, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London. “We know that the Islamic State […]

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Israel

Happy 100th Birthday to Bernard Lewis

Right Side News urges our readers to listen to Bernard Lewis discuss current events surrounding the Middle East, the Muslim world, and Israel with Dan Diker at the Jerusalem Conference for a very insightful discussion, especially to those in the West. From Gatestone… “These two religions [Christendom and Islam], and as far as I am […]

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Qatar: The World's Wealthiest Family-Run Gas Station

Many people describe Qatar’s treatment of expatriate laborers on World Cup sites as “modern day slavery.” Some 1,200 workers have already died and, according to warnings, up to 4,000 could perish before World Cup begins. “The fact that thousands must die to build 12 fine stadiums for us has nothing to do with football,” said […]

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Islamic Terrorism

Christians Beheaded and Slaughtered on Easter

Gatestone Institute Muslim Persecution of Christians, March 2016 In Pakistan, a Muslim suicide bomber murdered 74 people — mostly Christians — and injured nearly 400 more, on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016. The U.S. and British governments knew the exact location of many of the Nigerian Christian girls captured by Boko Haram, but failed to […]

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Has the Pope Abandoned Europe to Islam?

Gatestone Institute In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI said what no Pope had ever dared to say — that there is a link between violence and Islam. Ten years later, Pope Francis never calls those responsible for anti-Christian violence by name and never mentions the word “Islam.” Pope Francis does not even try to re-evangelize or […]

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Europe: Allah Takes over Churches, Synagogues

Gatestone Institute In the Dutch province of Friesland, 250 of 720 existing churches have been transformed or closed. The Fatih Camii Mosque in Amsterdam once was the Saint Ignatius Church. A synagogue in The Hague was turned into the Al Aqsa Mosque. In Flanders, in place of a famous church, a luxury hotel now stands. […]

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Islamists Infiltrate the Swedish Government

Gatestone Institute The library in Arvika surprised patrons by offering Arabic language courses. Many Swedes wondered if offering courses in Swedish to the Arabic-speaking immigrants would not be more productive. The library, however, does not offer any such service. The Immigration Service released a new report on April 8, entitled “Are You Married?”, which showed […]

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Germany: Christian German Refugees Persecuted by Muslims

Gatestone Institute Thousands of Christians in German refugee shelters are being persecuted by Muslims, sometimes even by their security guards, according to a new report by the NGO Open Doors. “A major obstacle to the survey was that many victims were afraid to participate. … Their concern was not only on the possible consequences for […]

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Yazidi Girl Exposes ISIS Rape Hellhole

Raymond Ibrahim | Gatestone Institute Yazidi girls were “sold” in exchange for a few packs of cigarettes. “They would come and take any girl against her will; if she refused, they would kill her on the spot.” — all quotes below from “Birvan,” on “Shabaab [Youth] Talk,” hosted by Ja’far Abdul, March 22, 2016. “Anyone […]

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Europe's Migration Crisis: No End in Sight

Gatestone Institute According to France’s Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, 800,000 migrants are currently in Libyan territory waiting to cross the Mediterranean. The multitude of very costly social problems that Muslim migration into Europe has caused thus far, do not exist in this whitewashed European Union report, where the “research” indicates that migrants are always […]