Posts Tagged: Abigail Esman
One Month After Charlie Hebdo, Europe on Edge
It didn't take long. Less than a month after the Charlie Hebdo murders and the slaughter of four Jews at a kosher supermarket in Paris, the Islamic...
In Turkey, Erdogan Grooms a New Jihadi Generation
First, he promised to build a new, "religious generation." Now, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be going one step further: creating, too, a new...
2014: Europe’s Year of the Jihadist
Among the trends of 2014 - "Gone, Girl," Lena Dunham, and $55,000 potato salad - was another the list-makers seem to have missed: it was also...
ISIS’ Stay-at-Home Radicals
Across Europe and America, governments and intelligence officials are struggling to address the problem of Western Muslims who join the jihad in Syria - and...
The Disturbing Heroes of Dutch Muslim Youth
For American teens these days, the biggest heroes are no longer baseball players or even Lady Gaga: they are mostly YouTube stars, like the comedy team...
Hidden Terror Lurks in Europe
Europe is in trouble. Even as America and its European allies begin their war campaign against ISIS and its self-proclaimed Islamic State in Syria and Iraq,...
Where Did the Islamic State Come From?
The simple answer - and the one you'll hear most often - is that IS, or Islamic State (formerly ISIS) emerged out of al-Qaeda, gathering...
Dutch Jewish Activist: Anti-Semitism a Crisis (INTERVIEW)
Writer Abigail R. Esman recently interviewed Esther Voet, director of the Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI). The CIDI is a Jewish human...
Europeans Call for the Death and Gassing of Jews. Again.
Few European Jews speak or understand much Arabic. But there is one phrase many have recently come to know: "Khaybar Khaybar ya-Yahud, jaish Mohammad saya'ud."...
An Inventory of Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents in Europe
In France, eight synagogues were attacked within a week in July. Among other attacks in France, reports the Sunday Times Leader, on July 20 "a mob of 400 armed with petrol...
Palestinian TV Teaches Kids The Way to ‘Jihad Street’
Every day, hundreds of millions of children in more than 120 countries settle in to watch their local versions of "Sesame Street" or similar shows inspired...
When Democracy and Multi-Culturalism Collide
Imagine: You receive an e-mail from the friend of a friend, asking if he might stay with you for a week or so while visiting...
Women Are the Real Victims of the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring, with the rising tide of hope for democracy and change it ushered in, has turned to autumn. For women it has become...
Turkey’s ‘Democratic’ Reforms Are Anything But
Over dinner at the newest hot restaurant in Istanbul, my friend exhales his fury. "This is democracy?" he snaps. "What kind of democracy?" It has been...
