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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016 in Gaza city (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Department of Pay-for-Slay

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Sander Gerber

Fellow, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Douglas J. Feith & Sander Gerber

Mar 20, 2017

Commentary

11 Min Read

A cross is seen on a hillside overlooking the NPU (Nineveh Plain Protection Units) checkpoint on November 8, 2016 in Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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As We Work to Eradicate ISIS, Iraq's Christians, Yizidis Need Our Help Now More Than Ever

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Mar 17, 2017

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4 Min Read

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The Grey Lady Soft Pedals Richard Falk

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 16, 2017

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4 Min Read

The Prophet Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue in the northern Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria on November 14, 2016. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

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Once upon a Time Jews Lived Here

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Samuel Tadros

Mar 16, 2017

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A youth waves Egyptian flags from a lamp post in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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Does Egypt Still Matter?

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Samuel Tadros

Mar 15, 2017

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8 Min Read

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with members of his cabinet including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Secretary of Defense James Mattis (R) in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 13, 2017(Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

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Will Obama's Foreign Policy Wizards Save Trump?

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Mar 15, 2017

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8 Min Read

Egyptian Christians, who took shelter at Saint Anthony church due to violent events in the Sinai Peninsula, carry their belongings in Zaafarana, Egypt on February 26, 2017. (Ibrahim Ramadan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Jews, Christians and Another Deadly Jihadi Pogrom in Egypt

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Mar 3, 2017

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9 Min Read

Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)

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Justifying War: The Salafi-Jihadi Appropriation of Sufi Jihad in the Sahel-Sahara

Abdulbasit Kassim

Graduate Student, Islamic Studies & African Religions, Rice University

Jacob Zenn

Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Abdulbasit Kassim & Jacob Zenn

Mar 1, 2017

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Map Of The Umayyad Caliphate Empire In 750 And The Islamic Empire In 1215. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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In Search of the Vanished Caliphate

Alexander Orwin

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Constitutional Government, Harvard University

Alexander Orwin

Mar 1, 2017

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Screenshot from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11 by the Islamic State allegedly shows militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh province.

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How al-Qaeda Survived the Islamic State Challenge