My column in FrontPage this morning: A Muslim chaplain at New York University, Khalid Latif, noting a recent debate at the university on the question of whether or not “Islam Is a Religion of Peace,” published a piece for CNN Monday saying that the answer is that “Islam is a religion of peace, or it […]
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Islamic supremacist Ground Zero mega-mosque developers, out of ideas, haul out “bigotry” charge against opponents for 10000th time
“Blind bigotry,” says Rauf. No, not blind at all, and not bigotry. Our eyes are wide open, Rauf. We see the implications of your advocacy for Sharia, your call for restrictions on the freedom of speech, your refusal to denounce Hamas (yes, you did ultimately, but why the initial refusal and delay?), your backing of […]
Iran arrests two foreigners for not properly misunderstanding Islam
They dared to investigate the case of a woman facing death by stoning. Islamic spokesmen in the West constantly tell is that it is a misconception that Islam calls for stoning of adulterers, and yet those who practice it in the Islamic world are the ones who proclaim that they are the truest, purest, most […]
Sharia-compliant burqa-clad Muslim superheroes kids’ show coming to U.S.
Making the West safe for Sharia: see, kids? Burqas aren’t “cloth coffins,” as Pamela Geller vividly calls them. They’re fully compatible with superhero status. Oh, and with free society, also? Have to get back to you on that! “Trading cape for the burqa,” by Andrea Peyser in the New York Post, October 11 (thanks to […]
“The West is in a war of ideas against political Islam. If free speech is not protected in Europe, we’re already losing.”
And of course, we are. One freedom-fighter writes about another: “In Holland, Free Speech on Trial,” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the Wall Street Journal, October 11 (thanks to Bill): […] How is it possible that a mature European liberal democracy is prosecuting an elected member of parliament for his political opinions on the most […]
Peaceful Muslim demands that non-Muslims accommodate violent Muslims
Khalid Latif, a chaplain for New York University, here complains that moderate and peaceful understandings of Islam are being unfairly discounted: “As much as Muslims need to acknowledge the existence of a minority voice that is radicalized, so too does a broader society need to acknowledge the existence of a majority voice that is not […]
Youngstown, Ohio: Muslim spokesman says “a greater number of Muslims need to be on TV informing people about the true tenets and principles of the religion” in response to jihad violence
This is just another story among hundreds that come across the transom all the time: a local Muslim group sponsors a meeting in which a Muslim spokesman explains that, contrary to appearances, Islam is actually a peaceful religion, when properly understood. There is nothing particularly noteworthy about this one in particular; it features the usual […]
500 oil tankers and supply containers for NATO troops go missing in Pakistan
Friend and Ally Update: how do 500 oil tankers and supply containers just vanish? How could this have happened without the complicity of Pakistani officials who are either profiteering or actively favoring the jihadists, or both? “Pakistan: Probe launched into 500 missing Nato vehicles,” from AKI, October 11 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Quetta, 11 Oct. […]
After Christmas jihad bomb attempt, UK academics ignore, deny, minimize problem of jihadist activity among Muslim students
Because to have done otherwise would have been “Islamophobic.” “How radical Islam seduced the academics: The Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab case highlights the pusillanimity of those who should be confronting extremism,” by Nick Cohen in The Observer, October 10 (thanks to all who sent this in): A few months ago, I sat in a magnificent Victorian […]
Bosnia: Muslims “wanted to draw NATO into war”
Of course, when people point out the activities of jihadists in the Balkans, the Commentary crowd accuses them of supporting the enormities and crimes, real and/or trumped-up, of the local opposition to that jihad. Of course, that accusation neither logically follows nor accords with fact. “Bosnia: Muslims ‘wanted to draw NATO into war,’” from AKI, […]