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Sep 2, 20214 min read
JNS: How Muslims understand recent comments by US officials
The Western concept of “negotiations” is alien to the Muslim world. Westerners talk, hint at things, exchange ideas and try to reach...
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Revelation TV: Is defeat in Afghanistan the end of the US empire?
However we Westerners understand America leaving Afghanistan, most of the world will see it as a lack of resolve on our part. They will...
May 13, 20213 min read
JNS: Palestinians are exposing Western weaknesses and must be stopped
By Harold Rhode and Matanya Harow As Hamas opens fire and Israel responds, inevitably a second battlefront heats up. But, while in the...
Apr 19, 20208 min read
Jewish Policy Center: Interfaith Relations in the Quranic Tradition
To understand any potential agreement between Israel and its neighbors, or for that matter between Muslims and non-Muslims, it is essential
Feb 16, 20205 min read
JNS: The history of non-aggression pacts in Islam
Does it matter that Muslim Arabs cannot sign a true peace agreement with Israel? Not as long as Israel recognizes it must remain militarily
Feb 6, 20202 min read
Jerusalem Center: Islamic Issues in the Middle East Today - Interview with Dr. Harold Rhode
Dr. Harold Rhode studied in Iran at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad in 1978 during the early and middle stages of the Islamic Revolution....
Feb 2, 20203 min read
JNS: Understanding the Deal of the Century from a Muslim perspective
Unsurprisingly, the Palestinian answer to the Trump administration’s historic “deal of the century” peace plan—as it would have been to...
May 2, 20183 min read
JNS: History proves how Iranians react when confronted with force
While we cannot know the future, past history gives a good indication of how Iranians react when confronted with force. Iranians fear...
Apr 15, 20184 min read
JNS: Did the US strike Syria hard enough?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to attack key chemical-weapons facilities in Syria raises critical questions, including whether...
Apr 12, 20181 min read
BOOK: Ally No More: Erdogan’s New Turkish Caliphate and the Rising Jihadist Threat to the West
By Harold Rhode, Clare Lopez, Christopher Hull, Daniel Pipes, David Goldman, Burak Bekdil, Uzay Bulut and Deborah Weiss “Whither Turkey?”...
Mar 14, 20182 min read
Mishpacha Magazine: Hard Truths about an Ancient Doctrine
Last December‚ about two hours after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the media was in a tizzy. Pundits...
Feb 28, 20182 min read
JNS: Why whoever replaces Abbas will act the same towards Israel
The Israeli and American establishments spend a lot of time over who should replace Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas when he’s...
Jun 13, 20173 min read
BOOK: Modern Islamic Warfare: An Ancient Doctrine Marches On
Knowing that Western civilization has been for many centuries squarely in the sights of the Global Islamic Movement—with countless...
Jan 5, 20162 min read
Jerusalem Post: BDS: A Weapon of Islamic Warfare
By Harold Rhode and Dan Diker Hamas, PLO groups and the Palestinian Authority exploit the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
Sep 1, 20159 min read
Jewish Policy Center: Minorities in the Muslim World
How does Islam understand the concept of non-Muslims or “different” Muslims? Do Sunnis believe non-Sunni Muslims have rights equal to...
Apr 11, 20153 min read
Jerusalem Post: Why Iran is Winning
By Harold Rhode and Dan Diker What came out of the US-led talks with the Iranian regime? The Iranians and the American-led Western...
Jan 1, 20155 min read
New England Review: China’s Islamist Separatist Threat: An Interview with Dr. Harold Rhode
When Islam swept along the ancient Silk Road a millennium ago, it found new adherents in what is now the People’s Republic of China. One...
May 29, 20147 min read
Gatestone Institute: Iran's Strategy to Develop Nuclear Weapons
When the Iranians, then one of the most advanced and mightiest empires on earth, were conquered in 636 CE by what they deemed one of the...
May 13, 20146 min read
Gatestone Institute: Have Kerry and Indyk Pushed Abbas into the Arms of Hamas?
Palestinians say that for Muslims, Palestinian land reaches "from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea" -- that is, over all of...
Apr 10, 201410 min read
Jewish Policy Center: Identity and Loyalty in Islam and the Middle East
Westerners strive to solve problems. When people appear obstinate, we often indignantly say, “Are you part of the solution, or part of...
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