We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and combatants in the Arab Spring’s fight against tyranny. But, in fact, a wholly different kind of war is underway—an unrecognized battle costing thousands of lives. Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion. It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke global alarm.

Mr Obama's message to Gen David Petraeus was clear: time is up. Ten years, a trillion dollars and 1,600 American casualties later, the White House is essentially abandoning the attempt to build law and order in Afghanistan.

Bin Laden's murder is not the end of Al Qaeda. And even if Al Qaeda were totally eliminated, the world would still have to deal with Al Qaeda's progenitor. Just how likely is it that Egypt will end up-after the inevitable transition period-being ruled indirectly or directly by the Muslim Brotherhood?

If the US wants Egypt to be free from dictators and terrorism they should let Egypt introduce checks and balances into their constitution to eliminate a one-party system.

Submission is a central theme in the Muslim religion, so certain things need to change drastically if Egypt does not want their new regime to morph into a dictator as well.

It is highly likely but not inevitable that the Muslim Brotherhood will win the elections to be held in Egypt this coming September.

The victory of feminism allows women like Elizabeth Gilbert to shape their own destinies. But there is a price for this victory: a solipsism so complete that Western women have lost the ability to empathize with women not only in the Islamic world, but also in China, India and other countries.