Middle East Forum

France Is Gradually Adopting Sharia

Entry porch of the Grande Mosque of Paris (Photo: Shutterstock)

Europe Appeases the Iranian Islamists of the IRGC

It's time for European politicians to follow the U.S. in designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. That bec…

Abrahamic Dreaming: Is Abraham a Point of Unity for Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?

The expression "Abrahamic Religions" has become widely accepted in academic and popular conversations as a cover term for a genetically connecte…

Endy Zemenides: Turkey Is "More Foe than Friend" to Washington

Endy Zemenides, executive director at the Hellenic American Leadership Council, spoke to participants in a January 8 Middle East Forum webinar (…

Politics, Theology and Religion in Jihadist Violence

The global proliferation of jihadist violence over the past decades notwithstanding, many educated Westerners still view this phenomenon as a co…

French police clear 450 migrants from camp in Nantes

French police on Monday cleared some 450 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants from a park in the western city of Nantes where they had been camping fo…

No firm EU agreement on Austrian proposals for reducing migration

Austria used the first meeting of EU interior ministers under its presidency of the bloc to advance its tough proposals on the issue, but withou…

Tariq Ramadan Accuser Says Academic Must 'Recognise the Truth'

The first of several women to accuse the Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan of rape says she wants neither to ruin nor humiliate him, but to spare oth…

Immigration row overshadows start of Merkel's fourth term

A scuffle over immigration has marred the first weeks in office of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fourth coalition, promising anything but smooth sa…