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, […]
Archives for 2012
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 […]
Iran plotting to murder U.S., Israeli, Saudi officials
Acts of war. “U.S. officials among the targets of Iran-linked assassination plots,” by Joby Warrick in the Washington Post, May 27 (thanks to Ahmad): In November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the small Central […]
Denmark: Two misunderstanders of Islam arrested in jihad terror plot connected to Muhammad cartoons
PET’s former operative chief Hans Joergen Bonnichsen said: “To me there is no doubt that the latest arrests are rooted in the Muhammad cartoons.” Yet still no one in the West denounces the madness and irrationality of killing and plotting to kill over cartoon images. Instead, the calls continue to limit the freedom of speech […]
Kenya: Bomb blast injures 33, “Arabic-looking bearded man” suspected
Careful, now: might have been an Amish extremist. “Kenya: Blast blamed on ‘Arabic-looking bearded man’” from PTI, May 29: Nairobi: An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 33 people, including a woman who blamed the blast on a “bearded man” who left behind a […]
Afghan women leave the country in fear of Taliban return
Good thing we expended all that American blood and treasure to fight the Afghan jihadists, eh? Meanwhile, note that the problem here is not just the Taliban, but the Afghan government — both of which are committed to Sharia, which denies women basic rights. “Afghan women leave the country in fear of Taliban return,” by […]