Abigail R. Esman
ARTICLES BY: Abigail R. Esman
Why Is New Jersey’s Governor Protecting Child Marriage?
Jada was looking forward to high school in her New Jersey hometown. But her father -- a recent convert to Islam -- decided that the family should move to...
Charismatic Islamist Seeks to Shake Up Belgian Politics
He's been called "a pimp for the Prophet," and the "Arab Malcolm X." He has celebrated the 9/11 attacks, been banned from entering the United Kingdom, and rejects Israel's legitimacy. He is...
Europe’s Rising Islam-Based Political Parties
For the past several months, eyes across the world have been trained on the growing far-right movements sweeping Europe and America -- from the neo-Nazi groups in Germany and the...
How Erdogan’s Victory Might Be Europe’s Defeat
Over lunch in Istanbul last week, a friend and I spoke about the upcoming Turkish referendum. "Many European Turks are likely to vote 'yes,'" I...
After Surviving Evin Prison, Woman Works to Free Others
At an average pace, most people can cover about three miles if they walk for a full hour. For 105 days in the summer of 2007, Haleh...
Innocent Iranian-British Woman Rots in Infamous Prison
On a warm day last April, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe dressed her toddler, Gabrielle, kissed her parents goodbye and set off to catch a flight back home to...
A Muslim Woman’s Fight Against Radical Islam
If there is a single question that defines the geo-politics of our age, it might be the question that Farhana Qazi has been asking herself for almost 20...
A Muslim Woman’s Battle Against Radical Islam
It's just a month into 2017, and America's hot-button issues are already clear: women, radical Islam and the civil rights of Muslims in the West....
They Teach Our Children, Advise Our Government and Support Jihad
Since the rise of ISIS as an Islamic extremist group -- and certainly since its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared the official creation of the caliphate -- researchers and...
Beyond ISIS: Europe’s Salafists Have Been and Continue to Be Nurturing Jihad
Before there was the Islamic State, before YouTube videos seduced Europe's Muslims to join in the jihad, before Twitter and Tumblr and the many tools...
Is National Guilt Making Germany More Vulnerable to Terrorism?
From the moment it became clear that the mass killings at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz Christmas market were the actions of a Muslim terrorist, accusatory fingers have pointed at German Chancellor...
Why the UK’s Sharia Courts Should Be Banned
Girls are married off at 15 to men they've never met -- men who may beat and rape them, or who do not permit them to leave the...
Women Represent a New Threat in ISIS’ Strategy
This is Laura Hansen's story. It may also be the story of the future of Islamic terrorists in the West. Born and raised in the quiet Dutch...
One Year After the Paris Attacks, What the West Still Needs to Learn About Islamic Terror
On November 13, 2016, one year after Islamist terrorists killed 130 people and injured 368 others in a series of attacks across Paris, music legend Sting...
Manchester Attack: Hunt for Possible 2nd Bomb Under Way
UN Warns of 'Walking Into Another Gaza Crisis With Eyes Wide Open'
Palestinian Officials Are Frustrated With Trump’s Pro-Israel Positions, Document Reveals
Netanyahu Unveils 5-Year Development Plan for Jerusalem; Projects Include Western Wall Elevator
Jewish Group Calls on US Leaders to Condemn Deadly 'Act of Terror' in Oregon