In “Hannity confronts Ground Zero mosqueteer” in WND today, Pamela Geller discusses the Ground Zero Mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s rocky appearance on the Sean Hannity Show, after Bill O’Reilly fawned all over Rauf the week before: Ground Zero mosqueteer Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is pushing a whole new narrative on his deception book tour. […]
Archives for May 2012
Robert Spencer on the Michael Coren Show: The truth about Islam makes Muslims look bad
Friday I appeared on the Michael Coren Show on Sun TV to discuss Mona Eltahawy’s recent criticism of the treatment of women in Islamic culture, and the circle-the-wagons response from Islamic supremacists Leila Ahmed and Dalia Mogahed.
Pakistan: Muslim clerics sentence 4 women and 2 men to death for singing and dancing at wedding
UPDATE: Apparently there is still a bit of sanity in Pakistan: “Pakistan cleric arrested over dancing death decree,” from AFP, May 29 (thanks to Kenneth): Police in Pakistan on Tuesday arrested a Muslim cleric accused of sentencing six people to death for singing and dancing at a wedding in the north of the country. “Police […]
“You are Allah’s enemy!”: Muslim stabs Russian radio host for criticizing Muhammad
This article contains this appalling statement: “Such statements could not but stir the Muslim community.” The West is completely losing the idea that one’s reactions are one’s own responsibility, and that the only people to blame for violent thuggery are the thugs themselves. This is a massive capitulation to violent Islamic intimidation and a retreat […]
An ‘Imaginary’ President Appeases a Very Real Islam
Over at FrontPage Magazine (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discuss how ideas that were once deemed overly utopian have become mainstream, embodied in the person of Barack Obama: American intellectual Will Durant’s The Lessons of History””co-written with wife Ariel and published in 1968, when the Soviet Union posed a threat to the United States””still offers insightful lessons, […]
Saudis Demand Punishment for McDonald’s Toy that ‘Insults Muhammad’
Over at Gatestone Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I discuss the latest toy that is angering Muslims: Saudi Arabians are angry at a McDonald’s toy which they say mocks their prophet Muhammad. According to a report appearing today (5/27/12) on the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, the McDonald’s fast food restaurant “abused the Prophet Muhammad by placing his […]
Somali jihadists fire on foreign warships
Emboldened by the weakness of the West, jihadis everywhere are growing more assertive and aggressive. “Somali Islamists fire on foreign warships,” from AFP, May 29 (thanks to Twostellas): Somalia: Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents said Tuesday they had fired on two foreign warships that came in close to the key rebel port of Kismayo, in […]
Robert Spencer: Is Freedom Worth Defending?
At Atlas Shrugs I discuss the recent cancellation of the Lady Gaga concert in Indonesia and some of its implications: Muslim threats last week led Lady Gaga to cancel her planned concert in Indonesia. Because of their disapproval of Lady Gaga, some conservatives in the West have applauded this, noting that Christians there opposed her […]
Malaysian religious police raid publisher of Irshad Manji’s just-banned book
Malaysia’s religious police have wasted little time in enforcing the recent government decision to ban Irshad Manji’s latest book, Allah, Liberty and Love. Earlier today, the (Malaysian state of) Selangor contingent of enforcers of the Religion of Peace, Moderation, and Tolerance (or ‘Jais’ in Malay parlance) raided a publishing house in the Kuala Lumpur area, […]
Turkish writer calls on Turkey to admit Armenian genocide: “My generation knew what happened and tried to conceal it”
This will never happen, but it is good to see someone piercing through the Islamic supremacist fog of denial and evasion of responsibility. “Zagib [sic] Zarakolu: Turkey must accept the historic truth,” by Karen Ghazaryan for Public Radio of Armenia, May 29 (thanks to Twostellas): Turkish writer and publisher Ragib Zarakolu again criticized the Turkish […]