Informed Comment

Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

Two prominent young Muslim figures have had an exceptional rise to power this year: Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria and Zohran Mamdani in New York City

In 2024, Columbia kept the campus locked down. It put in place so many rules governing protests that it effectively quashed

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

Making Gaza livable again will require a global effort on an unprecedented scale

Within a few years, the first Sasanian king, Ardashir I, threatened Roman territory in Mesopotamia

As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.

The world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian landed himself in hot water by broaching evacuating Iran’s capital, Tehran