Watch for the cascade of statements from moderate Muslim leaders denouncing Feiz Muhammad and declaring that while they might not like what Wilders says, they will defend to the death his right to say it. Honest Ibe? Brave Ahmed? Mr. Al-Marayati? Mr. Ahmed? Ms. Mattson? Ms. Lekovic? Anyone? Anyone? “Muslim cleric calls for beheading of […]
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Paris burger joint sells halal burgers, Muslims outraged
No compromise. No mutual respect. No mutual understanding. No generous response to a generous overture. Just, as always, demands for unilateral and unreciprocated accommodation. “Paris mosque slams burger chain’s Muslim outreach,” from The Associated Press, September 2 (thanks to Block Ness): Note to big companies hoping to tap into France’s lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer […]
As Kabul bank fails, Karzai’s brother (a major shareholder) calls for more jizya from U.S.
Hop to it, dhimmis. In the great Islamic empires of the past, the dhimmis were always the economic engine of the society. Afghanistan is hardly an empire, but the idea that it is up to the dhimmis to bail out the Muslims economically is, apparently, alive and well. “Karzai’s brother calls for U.S. to shore […]
What is moderate Islam? WSJ panelists mostly have no clue
The WSJ asked Anwar Ibrahim, Bernard Lewis, Ed Husain, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Tawfik Hamid and Akbar Ahmed to reflect on the nature that ever-elusive unicorn, moderate Islam.”A Symposium: What Is Moderate Islam?,” from the Wall Street Journal, September 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s opposition leader, makes this admission: Skeptics […]
USA defeats Iran in basketball, cheerleaders cover up in “nod to Islam”
When in Muslim countries, you must conform your behavior to Islamic mores. When in non-Muslim countries, you must conform your behavior to Islamic mores. “USA Defeats Iran In Basketball, Cheerleaders Cover Up In ‘Nod To Islam,” by Dan Fogarty in Sports Grid, September 1 (thanks to Twostellas): USA defeated Iran in basketball today, which comes […]
WaPo spreads myths about mosques in America while claiming to clear them up
More tendentious, misleading and false information from yet another blinkered ideologue given a platform in a major “news” source. “Five myths about mosques in America,” by Edward E. Curtis IV in the Washington Post, August 29 (thanks to all who sent this in): In addition to spawning passionate debates in the public, the news media […]
Rauf’s tax-exempt mosque on W. 85th Street in Manhattan doesn’t exist
More duplicity and deception from this vaunted “moderate.” “Questions Raised About Rauf’s Nonexistent Mosque,” from IPT News, September 1: The federal government considers the Muslim group founded by Ground Zero Mosque leader Feisal Abdul Rauf to be a tax-exempt church. But federal records show the group obtained that status by claiming to hold prayer services […]
Fitzgerald: Mayor Bloomberg: If Not Now, When?
Feisal Abdul Rauf at this point perhaps wishes he had never come up with his slyly all-things-to-all-men triumphalist mosque, and no doubt wishes as well that he had never gotten himself involved with fellow slumlord, the far cruder and more obviously bullying Sharif El-Gamal. Feisal Abdul Rauf has a marvelous ability to personally ingratiate himself […]
Muslims building mosque on Christian graveyard in Pakistan
No worries — no doubt they mean the mosque (which will of course be called Mandi Bhawaldin 51) to be a gesture of interfaith harmony, reconciliation and peace! Maybe it will even be a community center, with a gym and a swimming pool! “Muslims Resume Building on Christian Graveyard in Pakistan,” from Compass Direct News, […]
Former bin Laden aide gets life of prison dawah for stabbing prison guard in the eye
“You’re going to hell,” said his victim, but it is likely that Salim believes Allah will reward him for his deed. “Ex-bin Laden aide gets life for NY prison stabbing,” by Larry Neumeister for Associated Press, August 31: NEW YORK (AP) — A former Osama bin Laden aide who stabbed a federal prison guard in […]