Archives for 2008

Wait, no, scratch that. His name is Youssef Mohammed el-Hajj Dib — more likely a Muslim than a Maronite. Not that his religion had anything to do with this. Oh, no. To think that would be “Islamophobic.” He just probably objected to the gum stuck to the bottom of his seat on the commuter train. […]

A manual of Islamic law certified by Al-Azhar as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.” (‘Umdat […]

Islamic Society of Boston Mosque Madness Update. “Texas Terrorism Trial Ties Boston mosque leaders to Extremist Network,” from Citizens for Peace and Tolerance (thanks to Jerry): Dennis Hale, President of Citizens for Peace and Tolerance, called today for a public investigation of the Boston Redevelopment Authority”s sale of land to the Islamic Society of Boston […]

At the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Restoration Weekend, November 13-16, 2008, I gave the above talk about the stealth jihad in the United States. And you can see a panel discussion on Jihad On Campus, featuring Melanie Phillips, Tom Trento, Tyler Kristopeit, Rob Lockwood, and me, here.

“Sharia Finance In The Classroom” — a course announcement from the MIT Sloan School of Management, posted by Pamela at Atlas Shrugs: Title Spec Sem in Mgmt: Practice of Finance: Islamic Finance Islamic financial institutions have in recent years experienced spectacular growth (+25% in 2006, +37% in 2007). Islamic financial assets now exceed 1 trillion […]

Our Friend and Ally hard at work against jihad terror! “Pakistan Arrests 20 Mumbai Suspects, Won’t Extradite to India,” from FoxNews, December 9 (thanks to George): Pakistan will not hand over to India captured terror suspects believed to be responsible for last month’s deadly attacks on Mumbai, Pakistan’s foreign minister said Tuesday, insisting the nation […]

Here is an impromptu video Pamela Geller took last Friday night. I was in New York to attend the launch of an important new anti-jihad initiative (more on that later) and ended up talking free speech — which is shaping up to be one of the most important jihad battlegrounds — with the Danish freedom […]

In “A Modern-day Islamist Inquisition?” at The American Thinker, December 9 (thanks to all who sent this in), Walid Phares explains much of what is wrong with the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s attempt to criminalize “defamation of Islam” — i.e., discussion by non-Muslims of the motives and goals of jihad terrorists — at the […]

Here is the fourth part of last summer’s FreedomFest 2008 debate between Professor Daniel Peterson and me on the topic of “Islam: Threat or Not?,” beginning the Q&A period. You can see Part 1 here; Part 2 here; and Part 3 here.

The latest from Fjordman explores the development of optics in the West and in the Islamic world: My history of optics will be published in at least five parts here over the coming days. I will look into all aspects of it, from mathematics via glassmaking, eyeglasses/spectacles, microscopes and telescopes to chemistry, photography and the […]