Firsthand stories on belief, power, persecution, and survival inside closed systems. Documentary testimony, analysis, and lived experience.
The historical claim that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created or funded Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda is an endurance piece of popular fiction. It simplifies a multi-billion-dollar
Yesterday, I wrote an article about the West’s Category Error of considering Theocracy equivalent to private faith. I illustrated to the reader how we ended up where we are today, granting religious
[4 Min Read] The West is suffering a geopolitical blind spot that begins with a profound misunderstanding of what it means to believe. In defending religious freedom on the global stage, we have
How childhood collectivism becomes adult political power. I grew up knowing the word before I understood the idea. In the Levant, people call it Lammeh. Someone would say “yallah na’mel Lammeh!” and
I was born and raised in a muslim majority country. In middle school, I had to attend Islamic religion (Deen) classes as part of the state-required curriculum. During these classes, we were taught
In Lanham, Maryland, just outside Washington D.C., stands the Diyanet Center of America. The complex spans 15 acres with an Ottoman-style mosque that holds thousands, plus cultural halls, guesthouses,
I was born and raised speaking Arabic in a Muslim family. From childhood, our education was dictated according to Sharia printed agendas. We were never taught that the early Muslims conquered the
The UK Government is Prosecuting Hamit Caskun, a Turkish ex-Muslim and political asylee in the UK, for burning the Quran - this is after he was slashed with a knife by an angry Muslim, Moussa Kadir,