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A Prop of Autocracy and a Nest of Spies: The Russian Orthodox Church

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 February 2023

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This entry was posted in History, Russia, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged Adolf Hitler, Austria, Bolsheviks, Bulgaria, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Catherine the Great, Cold War, Communism, Constantinople, Germany, Golden Horde, GULAG, Islam, Ivan the Terrible, John Kennedy, Joseph Stalin, KGB, Kievan Rus, Latin Christendom, League of the Militant Godless, Leon Trotsky, Lithuania, Living Church, Mikhail Gundyaev, Mongols, Napoleon Bonaparte, Nazism, Nikita Khrushchev, NKVD, Old Believers, Papal Revolution, Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch Nikon, Peter the Great, Poland, Raskol, Romanovs, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Shuya Memo, Soviet Union, Stoglavy Synod, symphonia, Tatar Yoke, Tatars, Third Rome, Tsar, Tsardom, Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Uniate Church, Vikings, Vladimir Gundyayev, Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Sviatoslavich, Vladimir the Great, World Council of Churches on February 6, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Turkey Tries to Exploit the Latest “Blasphemy” Controversy in Sweden

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 January 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Turkey and tagged active measures, AKP, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, blasphemy, Chang Frick, Christianity, Danish cartoons, European Committee for Prophet Honouring, Finland, Hard Line, Iran, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Jyllands-Posten, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Muslims, NATO, PKK, propaganda, Rasmus Paludan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, RT, Russia, Russia Today, Salman Rushdie, Saudi Arabia, secularism, Stram Kurs, Sweden, The Satanic Verses, theology, Turkey, Ukraine on January 22, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The Incas and the Fall of Native America

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 December 2022

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Alfred Russel Wallace, American Civil War, American Frontier, Ancient Greece, Aristotle, Atahualpa, Atlantic slave trade, Aztecs, Bartolomé de las Casas, Battle of Wounded Knee, Brazil, Cajamarca, California, capacocha, Charles Darwin, Charles V, Christianity, Christopher Columbus, Cuxirimay Ocllo, Darwinism, Diego de Almagro, divination, Doña Angelina Yupanqui, El Dorado, Enlightenment, Epicureanism, Francisco Pizarro, Ghost Dance, gods, Gold Rush, Greeks, Hernán Cortés, Huayna Capac, Huáscar, Huejotzincas, human sacrifice, Incas, Kingdom of Cusco, Leyes Nuevas, Manco Capac, Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, Mayans, Mexico, Moctezuma II, Native Americans, Ninan Cuyochi, Pachacuti, paganism, Panama, Peru, Pope Paul III, Portugal, Quetzalcoatl, racism, República de Españoles, República de Indios, Roman Catholic Church, Sapa Inca, slavery, Spain, Spanish America, Spanish Americas, Sublimis Deus, Tawantinsuyu, Tlaxcalans, Trail of Tears, two republics, Vicente de Valverde, Viracocha, Wild West, World Emperor, Wounded Knee Massacre on December 30, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Afghanistan, China, and the Memory of Fallujah: The Propaganda Focus of the Islamic State

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abu al-Ghadiya, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Abu Anas al-Shami, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Omar al-Muhajir, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Badran al-Mazidi, Caliph, China, Christianity, Communism, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Fallujah, genocide, Hina Rabbani Khar, Hindu, Hinduism, India, Intelligence, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Mozambique, Nigeria, Omar Yousef Juma'a, paganism, Pakistan, Philippines, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, SDF, sectarianism, Sikhs, Somalia, spies, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taha Falaha, Taliban, Turkey, Uganda, Uighurs, Umar Yusef al-Juma, Umar Yusef Juma, Umar Yusef Jum’a, Uyghurs, Yemen on December 28, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Al-Qaeda Claimed It Was Behind the 2015 ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attack. But Was It?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Al-Qaeda Terrorism, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks and tagged Abu Abdallah, Abu Muqatil al-Tunisi, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Amedy Coulibaly, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, AQAP, Boubaker al-Hakim, Charlie Hebdo, Chérif Kouachi, Clarissa Jean-Philippe, Djamel Beghal, Farid Benyettou, France, Hayat Boumeddiene, Hypercacher, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Jews, Saïd Kouachi, Syria, terrorism on December 19, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The World Cup in Qatar and “Personal Freedom” Make the Islamic State Very Angry

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abd al-Rahman al-Khorasani, Abdulrahman al-Khorasani, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ibrahim al-Khorasani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, al-Jazeera, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Al-Udeid Airbase, al-zanadiqa, Algeria, apostasy, Awakening, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Breaking the Walls campaign, Burkina Faso, Christianity, Christians, Crusaders, democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Diwan al-Dawa wal-Masajid, Diwan al-I’lam, Egypt, FIFA World Cup, freedom of religion, God, Gulf States, Hamid al-Zawi, Hashd al-Shabi, heretics, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, ISKP, Islam, Islamic State ISIS, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamists, Jews, jihad, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, liberalism, Mali, Mozambique, Nangarhar prison break, Niger, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Pakistan, personal freedom, PKK, Prophet Muhammad, Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Qatar, religion, Sahwa, Sahwat, Saudi Arabia, SDF, sectarianism, Shah Cheragh shrine, sharia, shari’a, Shi’ism, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taha Falaha, Taliban, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Africa, Westoxification, Wilayat al-Sahel, World Cup, Yemen, Yusuf al-Siddiq, zakat on December 4, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Attacks Iran and Many Iranians Ask: Did it Really?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iran and Sunni jihadis, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Naba and tagged Abolhassan Banisadr, Abrahamic religions, Abu Aisha al-Omari, Abu Aisha al-Umari, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmed bin Musa, Ahvaz, al-Qaeda, Al-Sahaba, Ali al-Rida, Ali bin Musa al-Reza, Amaq News Agency, Amnesty International, Antisemitism, Arab conquests, Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, ASMLA, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bashar al-Assad, Black Friday, Cambodia, Christians, Companions, conspiracy theories, Doctrina Jacobi, Evin prison, Hadith, Hamid Badakhshan, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Imam Reza, Iran, Iran International, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Iraq War, IRGC, Ishmaelites, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic Government, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic Tradition, Islamists, Israel, Jaleh Square, Jews, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Magians, Mahsa Amini, Marxist-Islamists, MEK, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, monotheism, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, Muhammad Salah al-Din Zaidan, Mujahadeen-e-Khalq, nuclear weapons, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO, Prophet Muhammad, Rashidun Caliphate, Rex Cinema fire, Saudi Arabia, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, Shah, Shah Cheragh, Shi’a Imams, Syria, Taliban, Teaching of Jacob, terrorism, Twelver Shi’ism, Zoroastrians on December 2, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Announces That Caliph Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi Is Dead

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Abu Umar al-Muhajir Speeches, Syria, Turkey, Turkey and ISIS and tagged Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abd al-Raouf al-Muhajir, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abdulrahman al-Qaduli, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abu Abdallah al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdallah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdullah al-Hassani al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Atheer, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Muaz al-Iraqi, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ishaq, Abu Khattab al-Iraqi, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Ithawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Ubayda Abd al-Hakim, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Ta’i, Ahmad al-Tai, Ahmed Hamed Hussain al-Ithawi, al-Qaeda, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Amr al-Absi, Badr Corps, Bandar al-Shaalan, Bashar al-Sumaidai, Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, caliphate, CENTCOM, Dr. Wael al-Rawi, Fadel al-Hiyali, Free Syrian Army, FSA, Haji Bakr, Haji Zayd, Hamid al-Zawi, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Ibrahim al-Badri, Idlib, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Juma al-Badri, Juma Awad al-Badri, Kurdistan Workers Party, laconic phrase, Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, Makaram Taha Ali, Mujahideen Shura Council, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Nour Karim al-Matani, Nour Karim al-Matni, Nour Karim Al-Mutni, Nur Karim al-Matani, Nur Karim al-Matni, PKK, Professor Zayd, Rawa, Rawa Camp, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Samir al-Khlifawi, Sayf al-Baghdad, SDF, Shia militias, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Telegram, Turkey, Ustath Zayd, Wolf Brigade on November 30, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Christianity, the West, and Russia’s War on Ukraine

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Russia and tagged abortion, Aleksandr Dugin, autocracy, Azov Regiment, Bible, Bolsheviks, charity, China, Chinese Communist Party, Christianity, Communism, concentration camps, cults, Devil, divorce, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Fifth Project, genocide, GULAG, GUR, Holy See, holy war, Hungary, ideology, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, jihad, Joe Biden, Joseph Stalin, just war, Kyrylo Budanov, liberals, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Mikhail Vasiliev, Mitrokhin Archive, Muslims, NATO, NKVD, Novichok, Oleksiy Arestovych, Orthodox Christianity, Patriarch Kirill, philosophy, Poland, post-liberals, progressives, propaganda, Protestantism, Ramzan Kadyrov, Reform Baptists, religion, Roman Catholic Church, Russia, Russiagate, Russian Orthodox Church, Salisbury, Satan, secret police, sexual revolution, Soviet Union, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Uniates, Uyghurs, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Visegrád Group, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Volodymyr Zelensky, war crimes, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, woke, wokeness, Zionists on November 20, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Could Britain Have Saved the Tsar?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 November 2022

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This entry was posted in History, Russia and tagged Alexander Ievreinov, Alexander II, Alexander III, Alexander Kerensky, Alexandra Feodorovna, Alexandra of Denmark, Alfonso XIII, Anton Denikin, ARCOS affair, Arthur Balfour, Arthur Bigge, Battle of the Somme, Black Hundreds, Bolshevik Revolution, Bolsheviks, Brusilov Offensive, Christian X, Constituent Assembly, Cossacks, Crimea, Czech Legion Aleksandr Kolchak, Dagmar, David Lloyd George, Duma, Eugene Botkin, Eugene Kobylinsky, Evno Azef, February Revolution, First World War, Francis Bertie, George Buchanan, George V, Germany, Glorious Revolution, God, Grigory Rasputin, Gustaf V, Henry Hyndman, Herbert Asquith, HMS Marlborough, Ice March, Ispolkom, Japan, Jews, Jonas Lied, July Days, Kaiser, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Kornilov Affair, Kuklin House, liberals, Lord Stamfordham, Marxism, Meiji Japan, Mikhail Alexandrovich, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Nicholas II, Nicholas Nikolaevich, Nicholas Nikolayevich, October Manifesto, Okhrana, Okhranka, Orthodox Christianity, Pavel Milyukov, Pierre Gilliard, Provisional Government, Pyotr Stolypin, Queen Victoria, Ramsay MacDonald, Red Terror, religion, Robert Cecil, Romania, Romanovs, Russian Revolution, Russian terrorist-revolutionaries, Russian Whites, Siberia, Soviet Union, starets, Trans-Siberian Railway, Tsar, Tsarina, Ukraine, Vladimir Lenin, Volunteer Army, Woodrow Wilson, Yalta, Yevno Azef on November 7, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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