Americans expect their nation to be the leader in opposing serious threats to world peace and security. While there is room for differences regarding how best to approach these threats, Americans were at the front lines, real and rhetorical, in the battles with fascism and communism, as well as the war against radical Islam dubbed the Global War on Terror.
Would a federal domestic terrorism law do much to solve violent extremism here at home? There’s now a push underway to enact legislation to that effect, with a New York Times feature story trumpeting the effort necessary to suppress the new threat of “white supremacy.”
Originally posted by the Federalist There is always a temptation in politics, and indeed in all human life, to reduce people to symbolic representations. Storytelling — or, if you prefer the D.C. swamp lingo, “the narrative” — remains the evolutionarily prescribed way to relay complex information to large groups of people and ensure they retain …
The daughter of a radical Islamist operative is a state co-chair of presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. Sanders named Abrar Omeish, daughter of Libyan-born jihadist sympathizer Esam Omeish, as a co-chair of his Virginia campaign on February 18. On her own merits, the 24 year-old Abrar Omeish is of little political consequence. She is …
Russia’s security and intelligence organizations continue both to repress and recruit Christians for subversive work inside the country and abroad. “That this is the case should surprise no one because the threat of repression can be a powerful recruiting tool and the knowledge that repression is often used against Protestant groups gives such people an …
The Bridge Initiative, a project of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, continues to embarrass its host, Georgetown University, this time by publishing a “factsheet” in defense of the convicted Hamas fundraising organization known as the Holy Land Foundation.
A 42-year old Iraqi man working as a driving instructor in Phoenix, Arizona, was arrested last week as federal agents responded to an extradition request by the Iraqi government. The Iraqi government alleges that Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri was the “emir” of an Al Qaeda cell that specialized in assassinating Iraqi police in 2006, according to a now unsealed complaint written by the Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Allison.
Washington, D.C. – Kyle Shideler has joined the Center for Security Policy as a Senior Analyst and Director for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Shideler will lead the Center’s research and analysis on domestic threats to the U.S. homeland.
Christians are facing an alarming rise in persecution this year, according to Open Doors’ 2020 World Watch List report. For decades, this non-profit group has systematically and meticulously produced annual reports which serve as the world’s largest investigative research available on Christian persecution.
Next Thursday is supposed to mark another diplomatic triumph for Israeli diplomacy. On January 23, the Fifth World Holocaust Forum will convene at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp. According to Yad Vashem and the World Holocaust Forum, 45 heads of state will travel to Jerusalem for the conference as President Reuven Rivlin’s guests.
