From the Jewish Refugees blogspot:     On  the 78th anniversary of the Farhud on 1 and 2 June 1941,  we recall the most traumatic event in the collective memory of Iraqi Jewry. It  took place  on the Jewish holiday of Shavuoth: 180 people were brutally murdered, thousands were wounded and ...Read More...

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa writes in the Post Millenial.  In what was most likely a preemptive move to avoid grounds for attack during the federal election, the Conservative Party of Canada disallowed professor and radical Islamism critic Salim Mansur from running as their candidate in London North Centre. Mansur ...Read More...

Raheel Raza writes in the Clarion Project: A  proposed law in Canada will result in Christians muzzled. Meanwhile Islamists (including those tied to terrorists) get government funding. These days we wake up every day to disturbing news in both the U.S. and Canada. The Council on American-Islamic ...Read More...

From Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedoms: State attacks on your free speech rights As seen in last week’s “update”, freedom of expression does not just include the right to express an opinion but to hear one as well. It is meant to protect “both speaker and listener” and may ...Read More...

Raheem Kassam writes in Breitbart: The former head of Britain’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Trevor Phillips, has admitted he “got almost everything wrong” on Muslim immigration in a damning new report on integration, segregation, and how the followers of Islam are creating ...Read More...

From Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedoms: It goes without saying that the Canadian right to “free expression” entails the fundamental freedom to speak one’s mind without fear of censure or punishment by State authorities. The other less advertised aspect of “free speech”, however, ...Read More...

Turkey is seeking influence and votes throughout the EU and spreading ideas that imperil efforts to integrate the Turkish diaspora writes Lorenzo Vidino in Foreign Policy. In recent years, relations with Turkey have caused headaches for most European governments. Long gone are the days when most ...Read More...

This week, a slate of those brave enough to publicly oppose the ‘statement of principles’ the Law Society of Ontario imposed upon lawyers was resoundingly elected by Christie Blatchford writing in the National Post. Lawyers 1, thought police 0. I often have kind words for lawyers — those ...Read More...

by Geoffrey Clarfield On January 15, and well into the morning of the next day, terrorists affiliated with the Somali Jihadi group Al Shabab forced their way into an upscale Nairobi hotel and business centre, killing 21 innocent civilians. Kenyan authorities, with some help from Western allies, ...Read More...

by Geoffrey Clarfield Ethiopians on pilgrimage Had we been there to see it, the young man would have inspected his father’s many camels. He would have made sure their feet were unblemished, that they had had enough fodder, that their packs were properly balanced and that they had drunk deeply ...Read More...

The Canadian government is turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by returning ISIS/ISIL fighters and instead are offering them a get out of jail free card. by Geoffrey Clarfield Yazidis observe the religious new year, Lalish, Iraq, April 19, 2016. Andrea Dicenzo/European Pressphoto Agency A ...Read More...

A petition urging the Canadian government to take action in regards to ISIS returnees in Canada. by Geoffrey Clarfield This week Canadians were stunned to hear that after the near unanimous passing of Motion 103 on Islamophobia in the Canadian parliament last March, the government has decided ...Read More...

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Because the government is sensitive to world opinion, it lets its incarcerated child offenders live until they are 18. Then it executes them as adults by Geoffrey Clarfield Mahboubeh Mofidi's memorial service, Nowshahr, Iran, 2018 On Jan. 30, 2018, a young woman, Mahboubeh Mofidi, was executed ...Read More...

Michael Doran writes in First Things: On matters of foreign policy, Americans are divided into two hidden camps. Not Republicans versus Democrats, nor liberals versus conservatives, nor rival schools of foreign policy you read about in college courses. The divide is primarily religious in nature—or ...Read More...