The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars.
Red and White Martyrdom
with Juliana Taimoorazy
Assyrians, an ancient Christian community mainly located in Iraq, have suffered enormous hardships since the dual blow of the fall of Saddam Hussein and the rise of ISIS. What are the chances of Assyrians surviving the current threats? How does their plight fit into the larger predicament of Middle Eastern minorities?
Monday, November 7, 2022
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET
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Juliana Taimoorazy has been advancing awareness of persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East since she herself fled religious harassment in Iran as a young woman in 1989. She is currently the founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council. She emigrated to the United States in 1990, and received her BA and MA from Northeastern Illinois University.
Israel Insider
with Ashley Perry
Benjamin Netanyahu's decisive electoral win means he will be invited to form a government. What are its priorities? Who gets which positions?
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
3:00 - 3:30p.m. ET
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Western Islamists Turn Right
with Sam Westrop and Benjamin Baird
As a growing number of figures on the Right, from mainstream GOP officials to internet "influencers" such as Andrew Tate, align with Islamist activists, American Muslims display unhappiness with their self-appointed leaders' embrace of progressive politics. Why is this re-alignment of Islamists with the Right happening? What does this shift mean for the future of Islam in the West? Sam Westrop, director of MEF’s Islamist Watch project, and Benjamin Baird, head of its Islamism in Politics project, will discuss the changing politics and evolving dangers of American Islamism.Friday, November 11, 2022
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET
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Benjamin Baird researches Islamist activity in Washington DC and state capitals across the country, organizes to counter these efforts, and educates the public, the media, and politicians on the threat posed by Islamist involvement in politics. He is a decorated U.S. Army infantry veteran and frequent contributor to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, The Daily Caller, and other prominent media outlets.
Sam Westrop has headed Islamist Watch since March 2017, when MEF absorbed the counter-extremism unit of Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), where he was the research director. Before that, he ran Stand for Peace, a London-based counter-extremism organization monitoring Islamists throughout the UK.
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