The Lion's Den

In Russia, Christians are declining by 0.6 percent a year and Muslims are increasing at the same rate, which will have dramatic effects over time

Middle East expert Daniel Pipes' thoughts on the Biden-Ryan debate.

Surviving the strikes will permit Assad to boast that he defeated the United States.

You expressed having had "genuine concerns" about Hagel prior to your White House meeting with him; now is the moment for you to follow the dictates of your conscience.

Publishing house Palgrave Macmillan apologized for appearing to endorse "the Palestinian struggle."

The Nation of Islam's historic role as a bridge between American blacks and Islam ended in 1975 when W. Deen Mohammed followed his father, Elijah Muhammad, as leader of the Nation and immediately disavowed his father's folk religion, bringing his followers to normative Islam, the Islam of the Middle East. From then on, despite the theatrics of Louis Farrakhan, the Nation has been in a long downward trajectory. Now comes evidence, thanks to Tony Ortega in the Village Voice and Eliza Gray in The New Republic, of a jaw-dropping turn by Farrakhan, 79, to Scientology; as Gray's subtitle puts it, "America's two weirdest sects join forces."

Special Ops used to be about capturing or killing enemies; now it's about shaping public opinion.

"Whoever tries to uproot us from the city of our forefathers will achieve the opposite."

Muslims make up 30 out of 31 most wanted terrorists, or about 97 percent of them.

Other characteristically Muslim crimes taking place in Western countries include honor killings, female genital mutilation, and slave holding.

Though my suggestion to now back Assad to prevent Jihadi takeover and allow both sides to fight themselves to exhaustion was rejected, it seems now the administration is taking note of my counsel.

In fact, I disagree often and volubly with Israeli policies.

Dallas was a bastion of right-wing kooks with a vast legacy -- now, watch how this bastion gets blamed for the communist Oswald...

Things have never been so good in the Jewish state.

Both Hamas and Fatah are playing the game of pretending to end violence.

Erdoğan can be seen as the anti-Atatürk, the leader who seeks to undo substantial parts of his predecessor's legacy, especially Atatürk's rejection of Shari'a, or Islamic law.

I vote Republican because I support the party's core message of individualism, patriotism, and respect for tradition, in contrast to the core Democratic message of dependence, self-criticism, and "progress." I am inspired by the original reading of the U.S. Constitution, by ideals of personal freedom and American exceptionalism. I vote for small government, for a return of power to the states, for a strong military, and an assertive pursuit of national interests.

What is it about Jewish organizations that they acclaim their opponents?

Western powers enjoy overwhelming battlefield superiority but face great difficulty when trying to shape other countries.

As ever, Muslims raise startling new issues and Islam drives the social and legal agenda in the West.

Middle East expert Daniel Pipes appeared on the 'Cross Talk' program to argue that the West should use its influence to oppose Islamism instead of supporting it.

Before the "8 March Revolution," Syria had been exceptionally unstable. Then came the heavy hand of the Ba'athists.

The military has grown so large because of preferential tax treatment, subsidized labor, an extra-legal status, and old-boy networks.

Sometimes one is better off when an opponent feels compelled to prove his bona fides.

The 25-minute show was the most hare-brained and loony of my 35 years going on television.

Unlike nearby Israel, which is also surrounded, Cyprus lacks either a military option or protective fences.

The point of having embassies in the first place is for them to remain open...

The sort of reasoning going around in Turkey regarding the Israeli strike in Syria can quickly leave one with a sore head.

Should the crackdown succeed in isolating, weakening, and destroying the Islamists, then others will replicate it elsewhere.

Both Salafis and mild reformers have gained strength.