On Theo Sarrazin, Hugh Fitzgerald offers background and clarification here. But as noted in the editorial below, the problem of illiberal liberalism (a term coined in an article written a few months before 9/11) quashing free speech and the right to voice unpopular (or unpedigreed) concerns and opinions, and unpleasant facts about Islam is far […]
Archives for September 2010
Spencer: Surrendering to the Nameless Enemy
In Human Events today I assess where we are nine years later: Nine years after George W. Bush went to a mosque and proclaimed Islam a religion of peace, all too many Muslims worldwide are less peaceful than ever, and the U.S. government is more determined than ever to ignore, deny, minimize, and even accommodate […]
Service provider pulls website of of Florida church that planned Qur’an burning
A company spokesman “said the move had been requested by a complaint about the content posted by Dove World Outreach Center, but declined to say from where it had come.” Silencing your opponents in this manner makes it look like you have something to hide — that there is speech you are unable to engage […]
Cyber-jihad group implicated in massive virus attack earlier this week
The security vendor SecureWorks has traced the virus to a cyber-jihad group called Tariq ibn Ziyad, named after an 8th-century Muslim conquerer of Spain (also the name of the “Minnesota Madrassa” we have covered here, if the name seems familiar). The symbolism of the name is indeed telling. “Cyber jihad group linked to ‘Here you […]
Thailand: Expat Muslim workers in Malaysia send back money to fund the jihad
After all, someone’s got to keep up the jihad against teachers, rubber tappers, telephone workers, and fathers and daughters, just to name a few. If they were into bumper stickers, the might run off a few thousand urging: “Keep Thailand Restive.” “Envoy: Thai workers in Malaysia funding insurgents,” from the Bangkok Post, September 10 (thanks […]
Turkey: Secularists fear referendum as Erdogan’s latest move to push Sharia
That’s right. Creeping Sharia, advanced by referendum if Erdogan has his way. This case only offers further proof that democracy for its own sake is not the solution to “extremism” in the Muslim world, because the success of a democracy to protect civil liberties, equality, and true pluralism (not dhimmitude) depends on the values that […]
Philippines: Bishop of Jolo fears rise in jihadist violence: “Usually, something happens after Ramadan”
There is, of course, a well established correlation the world over between Ramadan and an increase in jihadist attacks. And what better way to celebrate the end of the “month of jihad” than… more jihad? “Violence could erupt after Ramadan – Jolo Catholic bishop,” by Jomar Canlas for the Manila Times, September 11 (thanks to […]
Ahmadinejad: Qur’an-burning a “Zionist plot” that will bring about Israel’s annihilation
Of course! Why did it take him so long to realize that the Jews were behind it all? “Ahmadinejad: Koran burning will bring about Israel’s annihilation,” from Haaretz, September 10: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday condemned plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran, saying that it was a Zionist plot […]
Furnish: The Unforgettable Fire
In “What Would Jesus Do with a Qur’an? Actually, He Might Burn It,” September 10, Tim Furnish details some of the crazy and violent reactions to the prospect of Qur’an-burning, and concludes: These over-the-top screeds of victimization are making Reverend Jones appear more and more sympathetic. Burning a Qur’an is “tantamount to war?!” Doing so […]
Indonesian Muslim cleric: If Jones had burned Qur’an, “it would have been tantamount to war”
More madness and threats from Muslims who will somehow be “humiliated” if someone burns their holy book. “Afghans protest, Fla. pastor plans to meet NY imam,” by Antonio Gonzalez for Associated Press, September 10: GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As thousands of Afghans protested a tiny Florida church’s plan to burn the Muslim holy book, the church’s […]