Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but it won’t guarantee a safer world

Oct 30, 2019 by

by Greg Barton, The Conversation: “A very bad man” has been killed and “the world is now a much safer place”. The sentiment behind US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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UK: Going Easy on ISIS Terrorists, Hard on Those Who Fought Them?

Aug 12, 2019 by

by Judith Bergman, Gatestone Institute: The West has mercilessly let down persecuted minorities in the Middle East, while showing great concern for the well-being of returning ISIS terrorists, their children and their spouses. There seems...

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Iraq’s oldest Christian town celebrates Easter without Isis

Apr 22, 2019 by

by Martin Chulov, Guardian: The church ceiling was still scorched and some cherished relics missing, but after five years of war and exile, their tormentors were finally gone. When the men and women of Iraq’s oldest Christian town...

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Should ISIS Brides Be Treated Like the Prodigal Son?

Mar 6, 2019 by

from Christianity Today: N. T. Wright, the esteemed theologian and former Anglican bishop, recently offered brief reflections on the case of Shamima Begum—the British teen now seeking to return home after joining ISIS in 2015—in a letter...

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Post-Caliphate ISIS

Feb 19, 2019 by

by Lawrence A Franklin, Gatestone Institute: The disintegration of the Islamic State’s Caliphate — which once included large portions of Iraq and Syria — may be a strategic defeat for ISIS, yet the jihadi terrorist group...

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Home Secretary ‘looking carefully’ at call to rewrite 650-year-old TREASON law

Feb 19, 2019 by

by Tim Stickings, Mailonline: Britain’s 650-year-old treason law could be updated to allow jihadists returning from Syria to be prosecuted, the Home Secretary has said. Sajid Javid told the House of Commons yesterday that a change...

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