Middle East/Africa

  How Islam Overcame the West: In his well-known history of Western civilization, Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) offered an interesting “what if” scenario concerning the pivotal Battle of Tours (732 A.D.), when a massive Muslim army—which had terrorized, slaughtered, and enslaved every Christian on its path—was finally halted and defeated by the Franks in the middle of France. Had the Muslims actually won, Gibbon …

  Was slavery a wrong or an inherited institution? Did slavery originate in the English colonies in North America in the 17th century or do its origins go back before the time of recorded history? Is slavery racist or is it based on economic motive? If a person wants understanding, these are important questions. Slavery is presented to American school …

  By having her depicted as a Black woman, Netflix’s “Queen Cleopatra” is creating a stir. Because all four of my grandparents were Coptic Egyptian, and because the Copts are “acknowledged as the remaining descendants of the civilization of the Ancient Egyptians, with Pharaonic origins,” I cannot resist but offer my two cents. Former Egyptian Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass insists …

  In what follows, Michele Antaki—a former UN interpreter, journalist, and translator offers another exclusive by summarizing a recent speech given in French by Ernest Tigori, an Ivorian intellectual and political activist, exiled in France, and winner of the Nelson Mandela Prize for Literature in 2017. In his new book “L’Afrique à désintoxiquer” (“Detoxifying Africa”), he explains why it is …

  Herland Report TV  host, Hanne Nabintu Herland speaks with Fort Russ News’ editor-in-chief, Joaquin Flores about #GeneSharp, Saul Alinsky and the notorious methods so often used on how to create revolutions in countries where you wish for regime change. We also address the Arab Spring, Yugoslavia, Serbia and what really happened in Ukraine 2014. Watch it here. “Five billion …

  Saturday evening marked the end of the Orthodox fasting period, as Christian worshippers in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem gathered to worship. 2023 Orthodox Easter in Jerusalem: This evening marks the greatest event of the year for Orthodox Christians – who have kept the original Christian traditions since the death of Christ, and reside all over …

  Easter is the most important celebration for Christians all over the world. The commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the center for celebrations all over the Middle East and among all Orthodox Christians around the world.  The Eastern Orthodox Church is honored by Christians from all over the Middle East, Ukraine, Russia, Ethiopia, Greece and …

  Herland Report: Lack of Morality creates Downfall: The Singaporean diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani has said that the greatest failing in modern Western thought is the lack of a basic common moral understanding. It creates a cultural divide that will sap and divide the West in the years ahead. Mahbubani argues that as a result of the ethical decline, the West has …

  “Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought. If [Europeans]…had not possessed a military equality with, and gradually a growing superiority over the Mohammedans who invaded Europe, Europe would at this moment be Mohammedan and the Christian religion would be exterminated.” — Theodore Roosevelt I came across Roosevelt’s observation in Raymond Ibrahim’s recent book, Defenders of the …

  There are clear contradictions between the World Health Organization’s directives regarding the need for COVID shots in Africa and the actual situation on the ground.’ Covid Spared Africa: The WHO is still calling on all countries to get the COVID jab into at least 70% of their populations, and warns that developing countries are at grave risk due to …