Occidentalogy

The last year of the presidency of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama was marked by heavy bombing throughout the Middle East and South Asia. The United States dropped at least 26,171 bombs in seven Muslim-majority countries in 2016. And, given limitations on available government data, this estimate is “undoubtedly …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says European governments must do more to help refugees dying in Europe’s sudden cold snap instead of pushing them back from borders and exposing them to violence and confiscations. “Given the harsh winter conditions, we are particularly concerned by reports that authorities …

Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz said on Friday he wanted to ban public servants, including school teachers, from wearing the Islamic headscarf.

Three mosques in California have received letters warning that US President-elect Donald Trump would “cleanse” the country of Muslims, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR said Saturday that the letters were similar and postmarked as being sent from Santa Clarita in Los Angeles. They were sent last …

    Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri said foreign media are closing eyes to the epic being created by Shia Muslims on the occasion of Arbaeen.

  Liam Byrne MP warned on Thursday the country could be exposed to new waves of extremism with the expected return of thousands of British-born ISIS terrorists after the Iraqi Army retakes Mosul. Byrne, who has just launched his new book ‘Black Flag Down: Counter-Extremism, Defeating ISIS terrorists and Winning …

    It is estimated that over 3.3 million Muslims reside in the United States as of 2015, and that the number is predicted to double by 2050, according to the Pew Research Center (PRC). Though a major component of American idealism is the freedom to practice any religion, when …

    The Saudi Air Force is being trained by the British Government amid accusations that it is carrying out atrocities in neighbouring Yemen, it has emerged. The Liberal Democrats – who uncovered the instruction being given, in both Saudi Arabia and the UK itself – described the revelation as …

  The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei met with over a thousand academically outstanding students on Wednesday morning, October 19, 2016. In this meeting, the Leader of the Revolution dubbed the young elites, “precious divine gifts” that of which must sensibly be cared for by government officials. He …

    President Francois Hollande told the authors of a book just published that France has “a problem with Islam” and there are too many immigrants arriving in the country who “shouldn’t be here”. Hollande made the controversial remarks to the authors of A President Shouldn’t Say That… in December …