Tag: Islam

Militia women Thursday held a celebration in a liberated Raqqa, Syria after four years of occupation by the ISIS terrorist group, which had seen the city as the center of its global caliphate. (AP Photo/Gabriel Chaim)

National Security

US general declares ‘Raqqa is free’

Travis J. Tritten · October 20, 2017 2:57 pm

With ISIS losing territory in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and the Philippines -- and especially after the loss of Raqqa -- its Caliphate is perceived for what it is: an increasingly pathetic patchwork of gangster-run settlements under constant attack. (AP Photo/Asmaa Waguih)

Beltway Confidential

ISIS just lost Raqqa — that’s a theological blow as well as a tactical one

Tom Rogan · October 18, 2017 4:52 pm

A number of Democrats have called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to return to Capitol Hill, under oath, to testify, after documents unsealed this week appear to dispute his prior testimony in which he denied knowing about a proposed meeting with Russians and former Trump campaign staff. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions is confident Trump’s travel ban will win in Supreme Court

Todd Shepherd · October 18, 2017 3:23 pm

A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect. On Wednesday, a Maryland judge blocked the the president's new travel policy. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

National Security

Second judge blocks Trump travel ban

Anna Giaritelli · October 18, 2017 12:49 pm

President Trump says Iran is not living up to the "spirit" of the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and announced a new strategy in a speech Friday. He says his administration will impose additional sanctions on the regime to block its financing of terrorism. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Trump throws a Hail Mary pass against Iran

Reuel Marc Gerecht · October 13, 2017 8:46 pm

No government-funded school should be able to promote segregation. After all, segregation obstructs children from learning to understand and respect others different from them.(iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Public schools shouldn’t be allowed to segregate boys and girls

Tom Rogan · October 13, 2017 3:34 pm

Land Shark

The Scrapbook · October 13, 2017 7:00 am

A law prohibiting any kind of full face covering but known popularly as the "burqa ban," went into effect in Austria.

Beltway Confidential

An Austrian shark-man just proved why burqa bans are stupid

Tom Rogan · October 10, 2017 7:49 pm

The Gulf nation had been the only one in the region to forbid female drivers. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on women drivers

Sean Langille · September 26, 2017 7:46 pm

The Senate majority leader defended Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi against bipartisan criticism she is not stopping atrocities against the country's Rohingya Muslim population. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Mitch McConnell: America is ‘lecturing’ Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

Susan Ferrechio · September 12, 2017 7:42 pm

September 11th is a constant reminder that you can be a proud American while being a Muslim. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

After 9/11, terrorists put a bounty on my life

Siraj Hashmi · September 11, 2017 6:12 pm

In 2006, protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in front of the Danish embassy against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

Beltway Confidential

How a 2006 debate explains anti-speech activism in 2017

Tom Rogan · September 11, 2017 1:44 pm