This book smashes a common historical myth: that Jews generally met with tolerance and friendliness in Islamic lands. Bat Ye’or’s work on Islamic antisemitism in relation to dhimmitude has been groundbreaking, and stands as essential today even as academic poseurs and thieves pay backhanded tribute to it by stealing it and claiming credit for it. […]
Archives for 2010
Spencer: Wilders’ Trial: Win One, Lose One
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the ominous implications of one of the prosecutors’ statements in the Stalinist show trial of Geert Wilders: On Tuesday, as his trial resumed in Amsterdam on various charges of offending Muslims, Dutch freedom fighter Geert Wilders won one victory and suffered one defeat. This is welcome news for Wilders […]
Fort Hood jihadist trial: he cried “Allahu akbar” and opened fire
Not that his murders had anything to do with Islam, of course. “Sgt. shot five times fingers Hasan as Ft. Hood gunman,” from AP, October 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): FORT HOOD, Texas — A sergeant shot five times during last year’s rampage at Fort Hood said Wednesday he recalled lying on […]
Reuel Gerecht and Jeffrey Goldberg vs. Pamela Geller: Geller wins
It is testimony to the effectiveness of my colleague Pamela Geller, in raising awareness of the issues surrounding the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero and Islamic supremacism in general, that the mainstream media is gunning for her with relentless fury. The cartoon above is apt, and applies to Jeffrey Goldberg’s vicious and ignorant attacks […]
Misunderstander of Islam poses as liturgical dancer, tries to murder Roman Catholic Archbishop of Khartoum
Proof that liturgical dance should be avoided at all costs. “Sudanese Cardinal Survives Assassination Attempt,” from Zenit, October 12 (thanks to Roland): KHARTOUM, Sudan, OCT. 12 (Zenit.org).- The archbishop of Khartoum escaped unhurt from an assassination attempt that was directed at him on Sunday, the feast of St. Daniele Comboni. The Catholic Information Service for […]
Reza Aslan, apologist for Iranian Islamic dictatorship, defames anti-Sharia resistance
"Does this hair makes me look moderate?" In November 2008, Kenneth Timmerman reported that the National Iranian American Council “has been lobbying Congress to win support for an agenda that mirrors the goals of the Tehran regime. The name of this group itself is misleading. Rather than assemble a broad cross-section of Iranian-Americans, most of […]
Thug-In-Chief in Beirut: “We completely support the Lebanese people’s fight against the Zionist enemy”
The commander visits his troops. “Ahmadinejad boosts Hezbollah with Lebanon visit,” by Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Bassem Mroue for Associated Press, October 13 (thanks to Maxwell): BEIRUT – Welcomed by thousands of Shiite supporters throwing rose petals, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to pull Lebanon firmly into his country’s fold Wednesday in a visit that […]
Dutch court cuts jail time for jihadist who plotted to kill U.S. troops in Iraq
Maybe they needed to free up a cell for Geert Wilders. “Court Cuts Jail for Plot to Kill US Troops in Iraq,” from AP, October 13: Rotterdam, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors say a Dutchman convicted and sentenced to 25 years in the United States for plotting to kill American troops in Iraq is to be […]
“These insane calls to violence have gone on for too long”
A mainstream media columnist notices media cowardice in the face of violent intimidation from Islamic supremacists. More on this story. “On the Media: Where’s Muhammad? Not on many comics pages,” by James Rainey in the Los Angeles Times, October 13: […] Cartoonist Wiley Miller gets credit for offering a more precise and reasoned rejoinder with […]
“Evaluate yourself??? or !!!!! Spencer and Geller’s Surprise”
Some hate mails — many, in fact — are vile. Some are funny. Some are moronic. And some are just, well, head-scratchingly incoherent, like this one. Still, notice how some shopworn CAIR/Reza Aslan-style talking points poke through the murk: Evaluate yourself??? or !!!!! Spencer and Geller’s Surprise Message: A Free Speech in the Name of […]