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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Peshmerga fighters inspect the remains of a car bearing an image of the trademark jihadist flag, north of Mosul, August 18, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

IS Threatens Another U.S. Journalist

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Aug 19, 2014

Commentary

3 Min Read

Commentary

The Salafi Dawa of Alexandria: The Politics of A Religious Movement

Mokhtar Awad

Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism

Mokhtar Awad

Aug 14, 2014

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

ISIS "JV" Continue Their Massacre

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Aug 14, 2014

In the Media

In the Media

Questions over What Measures Australia, US Should Take over Iraq

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Aug 13, 2014

In the Media

Commentary

Obama’s Foreign Policy Is a Catastrophe

Israeli soldiers in front of the separation-barrier during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers, at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, August 13, 2014. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

War Crimes in Gaza?

Israeli Merkava tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

A Middle Way for the Gaza Fight

Max Singer

Senior Fellow, Co-Founder, and Trustee Emeritus

Max Singer

Aug 11, 2014

Commentary

5 Min Read

Graffiti with the first letter of the world 'Nasara', the word used in the Koran for Christians, and 'Real estate property of the Islamic State (IS)' in Arabic, on a church in Mosul, July 26, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

‘Can This Really Be Happening in the Modern World?’

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Aug 8, 2014

Commentary

11 Min Read

In the Media

What Are Iraqi Christians Facing Right Now?

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Aug 8, 2014

In the Media

Palestinian supporters of Hamas shout anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 4, 2014. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

What Hamas Leaders Think

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Trevor N. Parkes

Douglas J. Feith & Trevor N. Parkes

Aug 6, 2014

Commentary

5 Min Read

Iraqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar sit in the Kurdish city of Dohuk on August 5, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

1,500 Iraqi Civilians Were Slaughtered Yesterday by ISIS, and the Obama Administration Issued a Statement

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Aug 6, 2014

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Ceasefire Holds But Israel’s Long War Is Far From Over