Gatestone Institute

Senior Fatah officials have condemned Oman for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and lambasted the UAE for allowing Israelis to participate in a world judo competition.

Any benefits for Hamas are exactly why the proposed truce is dangerous, and sends the wrong message to other Palestinian terrorists.

While Hamas has been violating international law by denying visits or any communication with the Israelis it holds captive, Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons continue to enjoy a range of rights.

The ruling effectively establishes a dangerous legal precedent—one that authorizes European states to curtail the right to free speech if such speech is deemed to be offensive to Muslims and thus pose a threat to religious peace.

“I’m proud to be an Iraqi, I love my country. But my country is not proud that I’m part of it. What is happening to my people [Christians] is nothing other than genocide. ... Wake up!”

Turkey, pursuing its own Islamist agenda and trying to rival Saudi influence in the Sunni world, is just too happy to have discredited the Wahhabi royals.

According to Turkish media reports, the Turkish government’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) gathered intelligence via its imams and other employees in 38 countries on the activities of Turks suspected of supporting the U.S.-based Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen.

“To honor religious freedom as enshrined in Indonesia’s constitution, the government must respect all religions and stop criminalizing Christians when they are merely exercising their right to free speech.”

They cannot write to or phone their elected legislators to complain about anything. All they can do is resort to social media, especially Facebook, to air their views.