Lopez: As Iranian People Rise Up for Liberty, America Must Stand with Them
On Sunday, December 24, 2017, the citizens of Tehran sparked an uprising that has now spread to dozens of cities and towns across Iran.
Articles by Clare M. Lopez
Clare Lopez: Trump Takes Aim at Iran’s ‘Clandestine Nuclear Weapons Program’
President Donald J. Trump put the Iranian regime on notice with his speech last week: the time when the United States (U.S.) government would turn a blind eye to its decades-long drive for deliverable nuclear weapons is over. Citing a long litany of destabilizing, rogue behavior on the part of Tehran, the president announced he would not re-certify Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Iran nuclear deal.
Face of an Angel with a Heart Full of Hate
The story of a sweet-faced Moroccan Muslim girl (identified only as Safia S.) who stabbed a German police officer in the neck at a train station in Hanover on 4 March 2016 is deeply disturbing on so many levels. Although
FBI Edits Radical Islam Out of Anti-Terror Video Game: Who Is the Real ‘Puppet’?
The FBI has released a new edition of its anti-terror video game, Don’t Be a Puppet, that conforms to demands from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to exclude Islamic jihad from a list of potential terror threats.
President Obama’s Speech at Islamic Center of Baltimore: A Fact Check
Perhaps it’s because he was making faces in Qur’an class instead of paying attention to his teacher. Or maybe he just has a selective memory about what he was taught as a young Muslim student in Indonesia.
Latest Hillary Clinton Email Dump Reveals Suggested Push for Palestinian Protests
Hillary Clinton’s personal email server continues to yield a treasure trove of information. Most recently, a series of emails suggest Clinton had considered a plan to incite Palestinian protests against Israel.
Jihadis and Fellow Travelers Want a USG Re-Education Program
In a chilling 14 August 2014 letter to Lisa O. Monaco, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor at the National Security Council (NSC), reminiscent of the Red Chinese and Soviet gulags, a group of 75 signatories urged the Obama administration to “implement a
Muslim Brotherhood Trying to Police the NYPD
After forcing the FBI and CIA to purge their counterterrorism training programs of all references to “Islam” in “Islamic terrorism,” the Muslim Brotherhood in America has turned its sights on the New York Police Department (NYPD). Image credit: Reuters Writers
Court: Iran and Hizballah Helped Al-Qaeda in 9/11 Attacks
In a blockbuster ruling, Federal Judge George Daniels in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order stating that Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite terror proxy, Hizballah, are jointly responsible together with al-Qa’eda for
Islamic World Tells Clinton: Defamation of Islam Must be Prevented– in America
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Washington this week, it is critical that Americans pay attention to what these two leaders intend to do. From 12 to
Why I'm Baffled And Troubled About The Alleged Iranian-Terror Plot
Editor’s note: Clare Lopez is a former operations officer for the CIA, and former head of the Iran Policy Committee. Things have been going fairly well for Iran of late, at least with regard to the Americans. Even though an
From Tunisia To The Justice Department: A Clean Sweep For Islam
Across a vast expanse of the Muslim world, from Tunisia to Pakistan, the forces of Islam are rising. Tunisian voters have given the Al Nahda (Muslim Brotherhood) party a dominant position in the national assembly that will write the country’s
Libya: Dictator Down, Islam Rising
Watching the jubilant Libyan rebels celebrating in the streets of Tripoli, it’s easy to get caught up in the euphoria of the moment as a brutal tyrant is at last being brought down. The spokeswoman at the Department of State
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff Hassled by U.S. Immigration Service
Recently acquitted in Austria on charges of “incitement to hatred” stemming from comments made in a seminar series about Islam, Austrian citizen Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff now also has been subjected to lengthy questioning by the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) service
Why the Mullahs Cheer for the Brotherhood
Observers following tumultuous events across the Middle East in recent days may find it confusing that Iranian leadership figures would be cheering for the protesters in the streets of Egypt, Tunisia, and elsewhere. After all, not only are most Iranians
'Iranium' & the Iranian Threat
Yesterday I posted on Ottawa’s Free Thinking Film Society’s scheduled screening of the new film, “Iranium” at the Library and Archives of Canada. The film is a documentary featuring a slate of Iran experts (myself included) discussing the threat of
'Iranium' Screening Shut Down in Ottawa
Last night, free speech suffered a setback in Ottawa, Canada and tyranny notched a win. The Free Thinking Film Society had scheduled a screening of the new Clarion Fund film, “Iranium,” this evening at the Library and Archives of Canada
Shariah Adoption Laws: Incompatible with American Law and Society
Yesterday’s Washington Post‘s feature story, “Muslim orphans caught between Islam and the West“– about Muslim orphans who cannot find adoptive homes because of Islamic law– highlights once again the incompatibility of shariah with U.S. law and societal norms. The heart-wrenching