“Islam’s borders are bloody, and so are its innards” Though he was no theologian or historian of Islam, but rather a political scientist—a profession that typically ignores the metaphysical, the abstract—the late Samuel Huntington was objective enough to appreciate Islam’s “peculiar” characteristics. As he famously observed, “Wherever one looks along the perimeter of Islam, Muslims […]
Archives for 2008
Agence France Presse cheerleads for the jihad
A Palestinian rock-throwing Santa illustrated the story Agence France Presse headline on Israel’s action in Gaza: “Gaza braces for invasion as Barak threatens children.” (Thanks to Michael.)
Palestinian propaganda machine in high gear: Hamas calls Israeli strikes “Holocaust”
They know how to tug on the West’s guilty heartstrings. They know no one, or hardly anyone, will stop to consider the fact that the Jews didn’t send 200+ rockets into Germany before the real Holocaust. They know no one, or hardly anyone, will consider how grotesque is an analogy between the calculated murder of […]
Examining an Orientalist Excerpt
Carl Brockelmann: “Islamophobe” or Scholar? Recently reading through Professor Carl Brockelmann’s History of the Islamic Peoples (1948), I was struck by a particular passage that, inasmuch as it is objective and thoroughly grounded in Islamic law and Muslim practice, if asserted now by any scholar of whatever caliber would surely only earn the label “Islamophobe.” […]
Fox in the tank
“Israel Vows to Expand Deadly Gaza Airstrikes.” They’re “deadly,” but Israel nevertheless, in defiance of all reason, and all decency, “vows” to “expand” them. “At least 200 Palestinians killed as Israeli warplanes pound Gaza; Hamas vows revenge until ‘the last drop of blood.’” No mention whatsoever of why “Israeli warplanes” now “pound” Gaza. Those 215 […]
Moral Myopia and Hypocrisy Alert: World condemns Israeli action in Gaza
Crocodile tears: “A Jordanian woman cries during a demonstration against the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip in Amman” — Reuters Where were they all when Gaza was shooting Kassams at Israeli civilians? First, the predictable: Egypt, Jordan, Iran, and Turkey, plus a little Et Tu Brute action from Shirin Ebadi: “Arab and Islamic […]
Ask yourself the question
Rushdie’s coffin, from an exhibit in Tehran “Ask yourself the question that if the Kashmir problem were resolve tomorrow, if Israel-Palestine reached a lasting peace, do we believe that al-Qaeda would disband? Do we believe that Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad would put their guns down and beat them into plough-shears and say we would now be […]
Hamas: We can’t believe they actually did it
Their surprise is entirely warranted, with Olmert still in power. In any case, their victimology mill is already grinding into high gear. Watch for staged photos of civilians being hit, coming soon from all the wire services. “Hamas source: IDF strike unexpected: Organization admits Air Force offensive in Gaza caught its people off guard since […]
“There are some people who want to turn Bosnia into a Muslim state”
Bosnia is flooded with Wahhabis and Saudi money, mosques and madrasas are springing up everywhere, women are in hijabs — but no worries. Bosnia is a secular, moderate Muslim country and will stay that way, and you better not dare to take too much notice of its rapid descent into jihadist fanaticism, unless you want […]
Iran and Hamas do Christmas
Caroline Glick sums up the festive week (thanks to Tommy): Both Iran and its Hamas proxy in Gaza have been busy this Christmas week showing Christendom just what they think of it. But no one seemed to have noticed. On Tuesday Hamas legislators marked the Christmas season by passing a Sharia criminal code for the […]