On July 23 2026, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (EMB) official, three other individuals, and three entities that have provided material support to HAMAS. Speaking about the OFAC sanctions, Secretary Bessent declared that “The Trump Administration will relentlessly pursue terrorists and […]
Iran Doesn’t Think Like Us, Will Continue to String World Along
“They Don’t Think Like We Think” In an April 17, 2026 “Beyond the Ideological” Substack post, “The IRGC’s Eschatological Gamble and the Arab World’s Verdict,” Zineb Riboua explains some important realities about how the Iranian regime’s leadership – clerical and Revolutionary Guards – or what’s left of them think about the world and their role […]
Turkey Hosts a Secret Meeting of the Muslim Brotherhood
Mostly unnoticed in the recent flurry of world events, from the people’s uprising in the streets of Iran to the lightning fast seizure and extradition of Venezuelan dictator, Nicolas Maduro, by the United States (U.S.) in a 2-3 January 2026 overnight raid, was an important meeting in Istanbul, Turkey of leadership figures, branches, and networks associated with […]
Iran’s Fatwa Against Trump a Declaration of War
What the U.S. needs to do about it. Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi declared a fatwa against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 29. A fatwa is a religious decree on a matter of Islamic law that is issued by a senior Islamic jurist. Shirazi holds the rank of a Marja’a-e […]
Texas: ‘EPIC City’ and the Hijrah to America – Part 2
See Part 1 HERE. Next, let us turn to look at where this concept of hijra comes from. Following is an overview of the doctrinal and historical bases for the campaign called hijra (الهجرة in Arabic). The word means “migration,” and is based on the original journey in 622 CE of Islam’s founder Muhammad and […]
Texas: ‘EPIC City’ and the Hijrah to America – Part 1
Even as the Trump administration is moving with promised speed to secure America’s borders, within those borders, the Islamic mission of hijra is making inroads, notably in Texas. In the city of East Plano is the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), whose “activities are in accordance with the teachings of the Quran and following the […]
Never Underestimate the Global Harm Iran Can Inflict
The Iranian regime’s full court press against former U.S. President and current Republican Party presidential candidate Donald J. Trump continues across a spectrum of operations. The Tehran regime’s fear of a second Trump administration in the White House has been on full display through a series of assassination plots, online influence operations, and now, most […]
Are Ramadan Jihad Cells Already In U.S.?
Two recent interviews — one with former Navy SEAL and Blackwater founder Erik Prince and one with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., — pointed to the gathering threat of terror violence inside the country this year. Aside from these two and a few more, though, there seems to be scant attention being paid to the likelihood that a […]
Jihad Jamboree Coming to Washington DC
https://twitter.com/yaelbt/status/1744382757550092480?s=20 HAMAS supporters are planning a big Jihad Jamboree at the National Mall in Washington, DC on Saturday 13 January 2024. Called the “March on Washington for Gaza”, the event looks to be sponsored by most every jihadi partner of the Muslim Brotherhood in America. The event website is at https://march4gaza.org/ Among the featured HAMAS […]
Perilously Little Is Known About the CCP-Mideast Terror Connection
This is the third in a series of articles describing the full-court press by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s “Unrestricted Warfare” or “people’s war” against the United States. The first two in this series may be seen here and here. It’s long been known that the Soviet Union was deeply involved in collaboration with and training of […]