Biden Admin and EU Silent on Iran's Rising Persecution of Religious Minorities

In 2021, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed two alarming amendments to Articles 499 and 500 of its Penal Code, making it easier for the authorities to crack down on religious minorities. The amendments impose prison sentences and fines on whoever

Will France Wake Up and Defend Her Freedom – or Not?

"If every time we are shocked, we were to pronounce death sentences, what would become of us? What kind of society would we live in?" — Mila to a tribunal, L'Union, June 21, 2021. "We resist because, otherwise, they will have won". — Mila's mother,

Words That Forbid Us from Looking Away from Genocide

The words are haunting, as if a mourner's lament and offered prayers for the dead. "They Fell," written by Herbert Kretzmer, Charles Aznavour, and George Garvarentz, is a song that remembers the victims of the Armenian genocide, where as many as 1.2

Indifference to a Christian Genocide

On November 17, 2021, the U.S. State Department removed Nigeria from its list of Countries of Particular Concern.... despite several human rights organizations characterizing the persecution meted out to Nigeria's Christians as a "genocide."...

Sweden, Gang Violence and a New Prime Minister

Sweden is facing much more than a "serious problem". Sweden has the highest number of fatal shootings per million inhabitants in Europe according to the latest report by Brå on shooting, released in May. Sweden, furthermore, is the only country in...

"Christians Enjoy No Rights in This Country": The Persecution of Christians, October 2021

Ali Harbi Ali, a 25-year-old Muslim man of Somali descent, lunged at and repeatedly stabbed British MP Sir David Amess with a knife. Amess, 69, died soon after.... It is worth noting that, when it comes to severely persecuting and slaughtering

Spain: Migration Crisis Spirals Out of Control

"Guys, listen, most of you want to emigrate. Follow this plan: we need 40 volunteers. All the Brooklyn guys who book a flight to Turkey will fly over Spain. One of you will activate the GPS and when the plane approaches Spain you will begin to...

Erdoğan's Quest for a New Sharia-Based Alliance

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Islamist ambitions seem to be seeking an international role in post-U.S. Afghanistan in alliance with the Taliban, Qatar, Pakistan and Malaysia. The trouble is, Turkey, among the new sharia alliance in the...

France: Can this Journalist Become President and Save France?

Zemmour... tells the leaders of The Republicans that his proposals are exactly those included in their party's program from 1990... close the borders, suspend immigration, provide social benefits only for the French, and fight the increasing...

The EU's Dangerous Policy Towards Iran's Mullahs

The EU also made many concessions to Iran, such as agreeing to include in the nuclear deal sunset clauses enabling the mullahs soon to have as many nuclear weapons as they like. Meanwhile, the EU, which never stops moralizing to other countries...

France to Vote on the Great Replacement of Western Civilization

"It is like humidity in a house. Initially the threat is invisible...." — Boualem Sansal, Algerian novelist, L'Express. Bfmtv interviewed Fewzi Benhabib, a resident of Saint-Denis. Since his arrival from Algeria 25 years ago, he found in France the

Islamist Terrorism Flourishing Under the Taliban

The most worrying concerns, though, about the Taliban's ability to rein in the activities of Islamist terror groups stem from the composition of the new Afghan government which, far from reflecting the Taliban's claim that it is pursuing a "moderate"

We May Have Left Afghanistan, Mr. President, But We Are Still at War

I never liked that term, "war on terror." Terrorism is a tactic; it is not the enemy we fought every day. The term has done more to confuse us than enlighten us. [O]ne can see why the phrase "war on terror" became the widely accepted nomenclature....

Forced Conversions and Child Marriage in Pakistan: An Everyday Event

Governmental and law enforcement agencies are aware of the problem, but they do not officially accept it. Instead, they claim that Islam has not set a minimum age for conversion, so if a girl wants to convert to Islam of her own free will, no one...

Turkey: Arbitrary Arrests, Kidnappings, Torture in Prison

"Because my surgery was delayed while I was in prison, my left upper tooth, left palate, cheekbone and lymph nodes were removed. The bottom of my left chin is now empty. 20 cms of bone was taken from my leg and placed on my face... According to the

Turkey: Arbitrary Arrests, Kidnappings, Torture in Prison

"Because my surgery was delayed while I was in prison, my left upper tooth, left palate, cheekbone and lymph nodes were removed. The bottom of my left chin is now empty. 20 cms of bone was taken from my leg and placed on my face... According to the

Freedom of Speech: A Vulnerable Right

Rather than developing into a new marketplace of open competition among ideas and ideologies, the social media space has narrowed. Thought regulation, and even censorship, whether overt or hidden, has become commonplace. Too often, only "correct"...