Abigail R. Esman
ARTICLES BY: Abigail R. Esman
Reforming EU Imam Training Is Easier Said Than Done
Europe has an Islamism problem. This has long been evident in the dozens of Islamist terrorist attacks across the continent for nearly 20 years. But the latest...
Blaming the Victim: Theo van Gogh, Charlie Hebdo, the Media and End of Free Speech
As I write, on November 2, 2020, it is 16 years to the day since Dutch-Moroccan jihadist Mohammed Bouyeri, dressed in a djellaba and carrying...
Play Glamorizing ISIS Member Epitomizes ‘Jihadi Cool’
On a September night in 2015, Laura Hansen left her home in Leidschendam, the Netherlands, with her husband and two children, setting out on the...
Protecting Religious Freedom in the Middle East
It started with his father. As fighting and instability ravaged Iraqi villages and cities, a local Shiite militia offered a means for him to save his...
Is Ignorance About the Holocaust Connected to Soaring Antisemitism?
According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism in America has reached its highest level since 1979, when the ADL first started keeping count. Worldwide, too,...
Islamic Terrorists Target Europe — and Jews
Coronavirus isn't the only threat Europe is now facing. On Friday, police in Spain arrested a Moroccan man on suspicion he was planning a terrorist...
Muslim LGBT ‘Allies’ Silent as Muslim Attacks on Gays Increase
There's a new slur trending in Turkey these days aimed at the LGBTQ population: "#YallahHollandaya" or "Go to Holland." The expression reflects the Netherlands' longstanding...
Coronavirus Lockdowns Haven’t Slowed Jihadists
Paris is burning. Again. Riots recently broke out in the city's banlieues -- the working class, largely immigrant areas known for their high crime rates, where...
How Middle Eastern Extremist Groups Use Europe as Their Battleground
Think of the Dutch city of Delft, and likely you think of Delftware, that famous blue-and-white pottery that is a hallmark of the Netherlands. Or...
Findings on ISIS Refugees Further Complicate Europe’s Dilemma
It's the question that has consumed governments and counterterrorism officials since the Islamic State first took hold: what to do with the foreign ISIS fighters...
The Anti-Islamist Muslim Challenging Ilhan Omar
All that journalist Dalia al-Aqidi was asking for was a brief interview, one-on-one, to air on a TV station in the Middle East. She was,...
Is Europe Facing Another Decade of Jihad?
For most of Europe, the end of 2019 marked the close of a decade of jihad, of terrorist attacks in the streets, of bombers, shooters,...
Dutch Court Case Reignites Europe’s Focus on ISIS Children
He is a handsome boy, about 9 or 10 years old, with large, pale green eyes and dark hair. He speaks softly, conversing with a...
Neutral Switzerland’s Growing Islamist and Jihadist Challenge
"Respect your wives," admonished the imam of the Dar Assalam mosque. "You have rights over them and they over you." But, he quickly added, women...
