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Dozens of Women Dead, Injured After Mass Sterilization Clinic Infection in India

Eight women have just died and 68 other women have been hospitalized because an Indian surgeon used infected instruments in a mass government-sponsored sterilization "camp." The official limit is 30 such sterilizations per day and scrupulous attention to

Syrian Kurds Issue Womens' Rights Decree in Defiance of ISIS

In a welcome challenge to the barbaric gender apartheid practiced by ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, and all the Al-Qaeda offshoots, a group of Kurds in northeastern Syria have issued a women's right decree which calls for "equality between men and women in all

Yazidi Slave Trade Video Latest Proof of Radical Islamist Cruelty Against Women

For years, many of us have described Islamist terrorists as "barbarians." And for years, we have been attacked as "racist Islamophobes" for doing so. What exactly is a "barbarian?" A barbarian is someone who finds joy in inflicting pain and death. Doing

Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai Donates Thousands to Gaza Schools Used by Hamas

Our latest and youngest-ever Nobel prize winner has announced that she is donating $50,000.00 to rebuild an UNRWA school in Gaza. She made this announcement in Stockholm, where she accepted the prestigious World's Children's Prize and donated it all to

Punished For Being Raped and For Accusing Rapists: Women's Burden Under Sharia

ISIS has just be-headed a woman in Baquba because she dared to resist being raped. In the process of struggling to defend herself, she actually killed her would-be rapist, an ISIS warrior. The woman was at home recovering from a medical illness. This is

ISGAP Fellow Phyllis Chesler on The Hijacking of History by Opera: The Death of Klinghoffer

I love opera. I was once a regular contributor to NPR's "At the Opera," and that privilege lasted for almost three years. I attend the Metropolitan opera as often as I can—I also attend the Chelsea Opera, the NY City Opera (when it existed), and the

Op-Ed: What Would Toscanini Do?

Those who protested the performance of The Murder of Klinghoffer spoke at a press conference and at a rally outside the Metropolitan Opera House. One of their demands was that the opera not be shown. Clearly, that demand was not met. I, and many others,

Israel-Hatred 'Has Scaled the Wall of High Culture'

There was such a large police presence and so many police barricades that anyone passing by would think that terrorists were at large. There were no terrorists on Broadway—although terrorists would soon be mounting the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.

Op-Ed: A Talk with Director Gloria Greenfield: "Body and Soul"

The Israeli premiere of Gloria Greenfield's new film, Body and Soul - the State of the Jewish Nation, is on October 20th in Jerusalem. Exclusive interview with the director, Gloria Greenfield. Although filmmaker Gloria Greenfield has interviewed me for

Opera v. truth: The fetid fouls of 'Death of Klinghoffer'

I love opera. For almost three years, I regularly contributed to NPR's "At the Opera." I attend the Metropolitan Opera House as often as I can. But the decision to stage "The Death of Klinghoffer" represents an abdication of moral responsibility,