Their parents joined ISIS. They were raised in the caliphate. Can they come home?

Feb 18, 2019 by

By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post: […] But Fatiha, a Belgian whose grandparents emigrated from Morocco, didn’t know when her six grandchildren — who range in age from 10 months to 7 years — would be back. They are among the...

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The rule of law is an absolute. It cannot be dispensed with when we deal with ISIS terrorists

Feb 15, 2019 by

by Bob Seely, Conservative Home: […] Four years of bombing and ground force assault by the US, its British and French allies, our Kurdish partners on the ground in Iraq (the Peshmerga) and Syria (the SDF) have defeated ISIS as a...

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Isil’s barbarism is modern, not medieval

Nov 11, 2018 by

by Fraser Nelson, Telegraph: It suits us to imagine history is going our way, and tell ourselves our enemies are relics. But the Islamic State’s brutal beheadings and burnings were born of the digital era. No words can describe the...

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What sort of crazy country persecutes the law-abiding while rewarding jihadi terrorists?

Apr 21, 2018 by

by Andrew Devine, The Conservative Woman: A country that would – intentionally or otherwise – deport its own citizens or deprive them of access to basic services because they are missing paperwork, but lets jihadis who want to murder and...

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On the Future of ISIS

Nov 3, 2017 by

Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. What exactly has been defeated in the recent battles against ISIS? The relative success of ISIS in recent years has been made possible largely by the failure of its opponents to understand what it is. Its...

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French jihadists regularly received welfare payments after joining Isil, police reveal

Oct 31, 2017 by

by David Chazan, Telegraph: More than 100 French jihadists regularly received welfare payments after joining Isil forces in Syria and Iraq, police have disclosed. The payments came to light after the launch of an investigation into...

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