Author: Kirollos Abdalla

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Kirollos Abdalla is on the Middle East beat

By Kirollos Adballa — If you wish to understand the mind-boggling marriage of Leftists and Islamists, you need to trace back to Carlos the Jackal, the godfather of terrorism who exploded bombs, killed people, extorted OPEC and eluded capture for decades. In Carlos you see communism and anti-Israel Muslim hate joined seamlessly. Born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez in Venezuela, the mythical guerrillero followed his father’s footsteps into Marxist-Leninist ideology of violent overthrow. Trained to be an agent for the spread of communism at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Ilich moved in July 1970 to Beirut where he joined the communist Popular…

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Kirollos Abdalla — The reason why Liberals consistently promote policies that undercut the family has its roots in the emergence of Marxism that glorified state over family. So says economist Thomas Sowell, whose intellect is as huge as his humility. “In the first draft of The Communist Manifesto, Friedrich Engels specifically wanted to dismember the family,” Sowell says. “But (Karl) Marx decided that wasn’t gonna fly, so when he rewrote it he left that out. “But that’s been there over the past two centuries, they try to undermine the decision-making autonomy of the family,” he adds. The latest public policy…

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By Kirollos Abdalla — Every 10 days, Afshin Javid read the Quran cover to cover. A Hezbollah militant from Iran, he volunteered to walk on land mines and participated in the hanging of infidels “trying to please Allah.” But when 30 fake passports landed him in jail in Malaysia en route to the U.S., Afshin Javid had an encounter with Christ. “A man appears in front of me normal size but his being shines light, not a normal light,” Afshin says. “I knew I’m not holy and I knew the only just thing for him to do was to kill…

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By Kirollos Abdalla — Steven Fernandez hated the Christian school his grandfather enrolled him in after he got out of juvenile hall, so he jumped the principal. It didn’t work. Pastor George Neos was a former linebacker from Dartmouth University. “I jumped on his back from the stairs and tried to choke him,” Steven tells. “He grabbed me and and slammed me up against the wall.” Steven Fernandez was part of a tagging crew that spray painted their insignia on freeways, bridges and stores across Los Angeles. He fought other gangs, was addicted to cocaine and ran from the police.…

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By Kirollos Abdalla — In 2015, progressives celebrated the diversity of Hamtramck, Michigan when an all-Muslim city council was voted into power. In 2023, they saw what it actually means to have Muslims in power. The City Council voted unanimously to ban gay pride flags from city property. “There’s a sense of betrayal,” said former Mayor Karen Majewskin. “We supported you (Muslims) when you were threatened, and now our (LGBTQ) rights are threatened, and you’re the one doing the threatening.” With Yemeni population at more than 30% and growing and the Bangladeshis at about 25%, Hamtramck can be seen as…

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By Kirollos Abdalla — Turkey’s president may want to restore the glories of the Islamist Ottoman Empire, but lately he’s been at risk of losing democratic power in his homebase and has cracked down on opponents, journalists and protesters. Recep Tayyip Erdogan partially funded the Islamist takeover of Syria and is operating in airports and infrastructure inside Syria – a move opposed by Israel, given Erdogan’s increasing anti-Israel rhetoric that aligns with Muslim hatred of Jews. Analysts suspect Erdogan is trying to mobilize Islamist outrage behind him in a bid for increasing regional power. The Turkish Ottomans controlled most of…

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By Kirollos Abdalla – Emboldened by the fact that Hamas is being decimated by the Israeli military, hundreds (perhaps thousands) of Gazans took to the streets last week to manifest their opposition to the ruling Palestinian terrorist group that invaded Israel Oct. 7, 2023. “Hamas are terrorists! Out! Out!” they chanted in videos released to the media via Telegram. Observers hoped the recent protests – which started in 2006 and repeated in 2019 but were stamped down by Hamas – would represent a turning point to end the incessant hatred and violence that scourges the region. But those hopes were…

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By Kirollos Abdalla — As an Arab Israeli, Saleem Shalash harbored hatred towards Israeli Jews. As a child of Arab parents who accepted Israeli citizenship inside the newly formed Jewish state, he clung doggedly to ethnic prejudices. “All I dreamed of was to destroy this country, to cast out these infidel Jews,” Saleem said on Can I Trust the Bible? podcast. “They crucified my Savior.” The enmity between Israelis and Arabs in the region runs deep, as evidenced by the conflagration between Hamas and Israel. As a Christian pastor in Nazareth, Saleem offers hope that the war and hatred can…

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