By Samer Attar Samer Attar, a surgeon with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, is a volunteer with the Syrian American Medical Society and the Aleppo City Medical Council. “Please don’t cut off my leg,” a Syrian man pleaded. He had been shopping when a missile hit a crowded market. The blast Continue Reading
How Anjem Choudary’s mouth was finally shut
By Dominic Casciani The scenes would change - but not the words. The flag of Islam will fly over Downing Street, was his favourite prediction, followed by some kind of rhetorical flourish. "The Muslims are rising to establish the Sharia... Pakistan, Afghanistan and perhaps, my dear Muslims, Continue Reading
France’s ‘Burkini’ Bans Are About More Than Religion or Clothing
By Amanda Taub WASHINGTON — There is something inherently head-spinning about the so-called burkini bans that are popping up in coastal France. The obviousness of the contradiction — imposing rules on what women can wear on the grounds that it’s wrong for women to have to obey rules about what Continue Reading
Christians say defeating IS won’t make Iraq safe for them
By Balint Szlanko IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — As operations to retake the militant-held city of Mosul ramp up, Iraqi Christians displaced from the area by the Islamic State group say that even if the militants are defeated militarily, the country will not be safe for minorities. Qaraqosh, the biggest Continue Reading
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