In Human Events this morning I discuss Obama’s Ramadan gifts to the Islamic world: Ramadan didn’t fall around Christmas time this year, but Barack Obama came bearing gifts anyway. At an Iftar dinner Friday night at the White House (the third night of Ramadan), Obama endorsed the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero. In doing […]
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Alaska: Muslim couple made 20-target “hit list,” had “moved to the operational phase”
The list contained “seven individuals, seven military members, two religious organizations, two publishing companies, a publishing executive and a media personality.” An update on this story. “Feds: US couple accused of domestic terrorism had 20 names on hit list,” by Mark Thiessen for the Canadian Press, August 16: ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A rural Alaska couple […]
US News and World Report likens Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero to Walgreens
US News and World Report spreads false information. “The ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Is Not a Mosque (or at Ground Zero),” by Robert Schlesinger at US News & World Report, August 16 (thanks to Dave Washburn): Despite what you might have heard, a 13-story mosque is not going to be built at ground zero in lower […]
No mercy: Iran rebuffs Brazil’s offer to take in woman facing death by stoning
Muhammad, you see, said to stone adulterers to death, not to send them to one of the world’s most beautiful and beguiling nations. A update on this story. Sharia Alert from the Islamic Republic: “Iran won’t send woman who faced stoning to Brazil,” from AP, August 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): TEHRAN, […]
Ground Zero mega-mosque leaders’ anti-Semitic tweet
Haaretz published an erroneous story saying that the leaders of the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero were going to move the mosque elsewhere. In response, the Park51 group, that is, the mosque leadership, published the anti-Semitic tweet at the bottom of this series (thanks to Pamela Geller): Park51: Correction, we will be publishing an […]
Bloomberg: It would be a “sad day” if the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque were not built at Ground Zero
Increasingly isolated, the dhimmi mayor sticks to his guns. He’s being played for a fool by the the Islamic supremacist Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan, and if he reverses himself now, he’d be admitting that. “Ground Zero mosque cancellation would be ‘sad day,’ says Mayor Bloomberg,” from AP, August 16 (thanks to all […]
Islamic supremacist mega-mosque, like Skokie Nazi march, legal but hurtful
But of course, the Islamic supremacists behind the Ground Zero mega-mosque have already shown that, contrary to their protestations of interest in creating interfaith harmony, don’t care who they hurt. “Cordoba Mosque, Like Skokie March, Legal But Hurtful,” by Judith Apter Klinghoffer at History News Network, August 16: The most apt comparison between the debate […]
“I see privilege being accorded to Islam, as against situations in which the civil authorities have de-privileged Christianity and Judaism”
The Optimistic Conservative has an illuminating take on the Ground Zero mega-mosque and how Islamic supremacists gradually assert themselves ever more strongly. “God and Man at Ground Zero,” by The Optimistic Conservative, August 13 (thanks to Doris): Here’s my bottom-line problem with the concatenation of events and trends surrounding the Ground Zero mosque: I see […]
Salon: Opposition to Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero is all Pamela Geller’s fault
It’s in “How the ‘ground zero mosque’ fear mongering began,” by Justin Elliott in Salon, August 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): To a remarkable extent, a Salon review of the origins of the story found, the controversy was kicked up and driven by Pamela Geller, a right-wing, viciously anti-Muslim, conspiracy-mongering blogger, whose […]
Harry Reid abandons Obama, says build the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque somewhere other than Ground Zero
Fighting for his political life, Reid sides against his boss and with the American people. “Reid: Build mosque elsewhere,” from AP, August 16 (thanks to Urban Infidel): WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top Democrat says a mosque should not be built near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada on […]