Aslan: Obsessed, desperate, flailing Reza Aslan is an increasingly comic figure as he races around the country slandering freedom-fighters and trying to pretend that people have a negative view of Islam because of “Islamophobes” rather than Islamic jihad terrorism. It’s rather surprising that this diminutive Islamic supremacist snake-oil merchant still finds willing audiences of dupes, […]
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Spencer coming to Texas A&M, Muslim Brotherhood-linked MSA cowers in fear
Boo! The Muslim Student Association is an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, an international Islamic organization that is dedicated (in its own words as recorded in a captured internal document) to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within.” The MSA at Texas A&M, where I am speaking tonight, was invited to bring in a speaker […]
Israel: Another imam misunderstands Islam, arrested for terror-related offenses
Second one in a week. “Jaffa imam arrested on terror claims,” by Eli Senyor for Ynet News, November 10 (thanks to Ahmed): Police have arrested an additional imam for terror-related offenses, after Nazareth cleric was arrested this week on charges for inciting to terrorism. Jaffa’s Muhammad Ayash, of the al-Bahr mosque, was arrested on suspicion […]
U.S. gives $150 million to Palestinians to “fill an urgent budget shortfall”
Very urgent that the Palestinian Authority has a balanced budget, doncha know. The U.S. doesn’t need one, but the P.A. must have one. Won’t you sleep better tonight, American taxpayer, knowing that you have worked to help fill an urgent Palestinian budget shortfall? I mean, Qassams aren’t cheap. “US accelerates funding to PA with $150 […]
Saudi Arabia elected to UN’s new women’s rights agency
Pamela Geller sums it up: “This defies western logic, but not the agenda of the OIC-driven, sharia compliant UN. Saudi Arabia, where a 32-year-old woman is jailed for disobeying her father, where a pregnant gang-rape victim is sentenced to 100 lashes for committing adultery, where women are not allowed to drive, where women are lashed […]
Arctic mosque plan iced over Saudi funding
“It would be paradoxical and unnatural to approve financing coming from a country where religious freedom does not exist.” Indeed. If only American officials were as sensible as Ragnhild Imerslund. “Arctic mosque plan iced over Saudi funding,” from Agence France-Presse, November 9 (thanks to Barbara): A plan to build the world’s north-most mosque has been […]
Malaysia: 10-year-old Christian student caned for bringing fried rice with pork to school
Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia: “Jakim Asked To Investigate Beginda’s Religious Status – Nazri,” from Bernama, November 10 (thanks to Twostellas): KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) –The government has asked the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to investigate the religious status of Beginda Anak Minda also known as Noor Azman Abdullah, said Minister […]
“Reformist” Sheikh Qaradawi joins jihad chanting at rally in Mauritania
Al-Qaradawi has been praised by establishment dhimmi Islamic scholar John Esposito as a champion of a “reformist interpretation of Islam and its relationship to democracy, pluralism and human rights.” “Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Joins Crowds in Jihad Chants at Rally in Mauritania,” from MEMRI, November 10 (thanks to all who sent this in): Following are excerpts […]
Kreeft/Spencer debate recap: Is the only good Muslim a bad Muslim?
In “Is the Only Good Muslim a Bad Muslim?” in Inside Catholic today, John Zmirak, the moderator of my debate with Peter Kreeft last week (which I have reposted above for your convenience), provides a useful summary of the debate: Last week I was privileged to moderate a debate between two of the best writers […]
Because Islam is a Religion of Peace, “Robert Spencer should have kniting needles stuck down he’s thoart!”
And David Hukari should take a spelling and grammar refresher course. Jihad Watch reader James sent me this little gem of tolerance and open-mindedness from the Facebook page of a group called “Americans Against Islamophobia.” Apparently this Hukari objected to my statements about Islam in my recent debate with Peter Kreeft — not that he […]