Canadian forces engaged in direct combat with ISIS forces in Iraq this week. This was not supposed to happen. However in the words of Field
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Are All Terrorists Muslims? It’s Not Even Close -The Daily Beast
This is the second of two posts providing some statistics about two topics getting a lot of coverage in the media: Islamic terrorism and Islamophobia
French have positive views of both Jews, Muslims -PEW Research
“A Pew Research Center survey conducted last year shows that the French held more favorable views of both Jews and Muslims than many other Europeans.
Iran’s shallow influence in Yemen -Al Monitor
Interesting analysis of Yemeni politics under the Houthis and how Iran’s position differs than the one the Saudis enjoyed in the past. “Saudi Arabia relied
There Are More French Muslims Working for French Security Than for Al Qaeda -Huffington Post
A sober analysis by Olivier Roy, an expert on Political Islam and broadly consistent with an earlier post: https://jtdevinemta.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/this-is-what-wannabe-jihadists-order-on-amazon-before-leaving-for-syria-new-republic/ “Radicalized young people, who rely heavily
Obama’s five key Middle East battlegrounds in 2015 -BBC
“The message here is that the US must seek to re-define its core interests in the region more clearly. Well-meaning statements about the spread of
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