Islamist Turkey is Enemy of Israel & Freedom

Turkey's Erdogan is on the wrong side in The Long War or War of Freedom

Non-Islamist Turkey was an ally of Israel and now Islamist Turkey is the enemy of Israel. Joining the dots is not so difficult: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Erdogan-attacks-Netanyahu-How-does-head-of-terror-state-dare-attend-Paris-march-387521

Charlie Hebdo & the YPG

According to the Hawar News Agency, Stephane (Charb) Charbonnier had praised the YPG's battle against the Islamic State: http://www.hawarnews.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3170:ypg-general-command-condemns-the-terrorist-attacks-in-france&catid=6:manet

Israel is our ally in the Long War

The above extract is lifted from the following essay by Mitch Ginsburg article: http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israel-can-and-must-help-with-the-operational-response-to-jihad-in-france/

Militant Salafists have declared war on the West but we are not at war with Muslims

Ahmed Merabet, a French policeman, was murdered by the Islamic terrorists

A French policeman, who happened to be Muslim, was one of those murdered by the Islamic terrorists: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/france-unites-behind-muslim-policeman-who-died-defending-cha?utm_term=4ldqpia

Evaluating the significance of Kobani

Courtesy of Hawar News Agency

Jonathan Spyer writes here about the importance of Kobani: http://www.gloria-center.org/2015/01/how-are-things-in-kobani/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GloriaCenter+%28GLORIA+Center%29
My own commentary on Kobani, "The Battle for Modernity on the Kurdistan Border", appears in the January-February edition of Quadrant magazine, but is still behind a subscriber's wall.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi: "We must only be Egyptians"

Coptic Pope Tawadross II and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

On January 7, 2015, attended the Coptic Christmas service at St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo and demonstrated why he is so different from the Muslim Brotherhood and its violent jihadist allies: http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/1595/0/egypt-s-president-christians-and-muslims-are-equal-citizens

Cartoonists Respond to the 'Charlie Hebdo' Killings

Here is an important link: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/7/7508387/cartoonists-respond-charlie-hebdo