Killing for a cartoon: If one’s priorities are so disordered, that mentality will have far-reaching effects on the stability of one’s culture, society, and economy. The resulting climate of fear stifles development and innovation: Why think outside the box if it will get you killed? And why develop anything if the next enraged mob will […]
Archives for September 2010
Spencer: The “Islamophobia” Weapon
In Human Events this morning I discuss the OIC’s ongoing but newly energized campaign against the freedom of speech: “The Muslim world is going through an unprecedented difficult and trying time,” said the Secretary General of the 56-state Organization of the Islamic Conference, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, on Friday. One might reasonably have thought that he was […]
No Sharia in Dearborn (yet): Jury acquits four Christian evangelists arrested at Dearborn Arab Festival
It’s good that they were acquitted. It’s a small blow for sanity and Constitutional freedoms. But it’s bad enough that they were arrested in the first place — that Muslims in Dearborn were able to convince police that they had done something for which arrest was warranted. An update on this story. “Jury Acquits the […]
60 Minutes whitewashes Ground Zero mega-mosque leaders, smears Pamela Geller
Predictable, sure, but still outrageous — although they can’t prevent the truth from coming through from Pamela Geller, who comments and notes much of what 60 Minutes left out here. For a particularly egregious example of media bias, compare Scott Pelley’s offensive question to Pamela — don’t you think it necessary to tell the truth? […]
Taliban want to swap kidnapped British aid worker for jihadist Aafia Siddiqui
Hoping to prove yet again that terrorism works. “Taliban ‘want to swap kidnapped British aid worker for Pakistani scientist jailed in the U.S.,’” by Andrew Levy and Daniel Bates in the Daily Mail, September 27 (thanks to Mackie): Militants claiming to have kidnapped a female British aid worker are believed to be demanding an exchange […]
Anti-jihad party wins 20 seats in Swedish Parliament
Spencer in Sweden last July with Kent Ekeroth and Daniel Assai of the Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats are mercilessly defamed in the mainstream media. Predictably, they’re charged with being “racist” and “neo-Nazi,” and predictably, they’re neither, as you can see from this pdf. They’re actually a staunchly pro-democracy, pro-human rights, pro-Israel party that is […]
Iran’s Foreign Minister: Islamic countries should get more seats on UN Security Council
As if the OIC didn’t already largely control the UN. “More UNSC seats for Muslim states: Iran FM,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, September 27 (thanks to Twostellas): Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; Iran’s foreign minister has stressed the necessity of allocating more permanent and non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council to Islamic […]
UK: Islamic supremacist hate preacher wins victory in court
He advocates the murder of homosexuals and apostates, but that has all been taken out of context, doncha know. “Visa-Ban Islamic Scholar’s Victory In Court,” by Thomas Lawrence in the Express, September 26 (thanks to Twostellas): AN ISLAMIC scholar barred from entering the UK for his “unacceptable behaviour” has won the first round of his […]
“The new norm is a self-censorship consistent with Muslim teaching that Islam must be free from insult, though other religions may be insulted at all times”
In “Radical Islam gets the better of free speech” in the Star Tribune, September 25, Katherine Kersten asks why American journalists have not rallied to the cause of Molly Norris: […] Surely, you say, American journalists and media moguls — always staunch defenders of the First Amendment — are proclaiming outrage and rallying round this […]
Modern, moderate Malaysian government warns that “stern action” will be taken against those who “insult Islam”
They want to “avoid any untoward incidence” — i.e., Muslims going mad and murdering innocent people because of something this priest said. And so we see once again that terrorism and violent intimidation work, which will only ensure that we will see much more of both. “Insult On Islam: Government Will Not Keep Quiet – […]