Politics & Policy

The State Department Turns Its Back on Syrian Christians and Other Non-Muslim Refugees

By Nina Shea November 2, 2015

U.S. refugee policy is unconscionable. In effect, it excludes most Christian and other non-Muslim Syrians fleeing persecution.

National Security & Defense

ISIS and Religious Genocide in the Mideast

By Nina Shea October 9, 2015

ISIS is engaging in genocide against Christians. The U.S. must take in the refugees.

National Security & Defense

For Christians and Yazidis Fleeing Genocide, the Obama Administration Has No Room at the Inn

By Nina Shea September 22, 2015

By agreeing to accept only refugees from U.N. camps, the Obama administration in effect excludes Christians and Yazidis fleeing genocide in Iraq.

National Security & Defense

Iraq’s Christians Need Sanctuary, and the West Should Provide It

By Nina Shea June 10, 2015

While a massive international aid effort has helped most of the exiled Middle Eastern Christians to subsist, it is time to look for a new strategy to help them fully ...

The State Department Responds to NR’s Report on Sister Diana Momeka

By Nina Shea May 3, 2015

The State Department is apparently trying to cover up an embarrassing, politically damaging, and possibly discriminatory act. In an e-mail sent to me on Thursday, Kathryn Fitrell, press-unit chief of ...

Politics & Policy

With Malice Toward Nun

By Nina Shea April 30, 2015

Why is the United States barring a persecuted Iraqi Catholic nun — an internationally respected and leading representative of the Nineveh Christians who have been killed and deported by ISIS ...

National Security & Defense

Fight ISIS on the Ideas Front, Too

By Nina Shea February 12, 2015

Former congressman Frank Wolf released yesterday an important new human-rights report on Iraq’s religious minorities, aptly entitled “Edge of Extinction.” Detailing some of the Islamic terrorists’ cruelest practices, particularly with ...

National Security & Defense

Death of a Prisoner

By Nina Shea February 5, 2015

The courage and sacrifice of today’s Christian martyrs should not go unnoticed and unappreciated. One such heroic figure, the 94-year-old Roman Catholic bishop Cosma Shi Enxiang, has recently died in ...

Politics & Policy

Hate-Speech Laws Aren’t the Answer to Islamic Extremism—They’re Part of the Problem

By Nina Shea January 9, 2015

What lesson will Europe draw from the Charlie Hebdo massacre? Will it get serious about ending Muslim extremism within its borders, or will it try even harder to curb offensive ...

Politics & Policy

Christians on the Run from Iraq

By Nina Shea December 24, 2014

For the first time in 1,400 years, there will be no Christmas celebrations in Nineveh province, home to Iraq’s largest remaining Christian community and largest non-Muslim minority, and a site ...