State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself the caliph of all Muslims worldwide. Establishing a caliphate makes it possible to realize the classic Muslim objective of turning the entire world over to Islam, which, according to Muslim law, can only happen when there is a caliph to preside over it. This goal requires, first and foremost, a war between Islamic ...

http://gty.im/454444516 What’s the deal with European parliaments? Why are they not dealing with the ongoing exodus of some 10 million Syrians fleeing their homes, or the millions of Africans who are suffering from malnutrition and starvation, or the persecution of the Christians and the Yazidis in Muslim countries, or the chaos in Libya and Iraq, or the military coup in ...

Counter-terrorism expert Dr. Ephraim Herrera explains what makes ISIS unique – and why the coming weeks could be crucial. Islamic State has seen a spike in activity around Israel over the past several weeks, with activity not only heating up on the Golan Heights border with Syria, but in Egypt and along Israel’s border with the Sinai Peninsula as well. ...

The regime of the ayatollahs is dark, totalitarian and a serial human rights offender. Iran is considered one of the 10 countries most oppressive to freedom of the press. There is also no freedom of religion; women are forced to wear headscarves regardless of their religion. Opposition to the government is suppressed. The non-Shiite minorities are woefully discriminated against. From ...

Syria is a made-up country whose borders were fabricated as part of the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France, in which they set their spheres of influence in the Middle East ahead of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Since the 1970s, Syria has been under the control of the Alawite minority — ...