After this ad ran in the New York Times, Pamela Geller decided to see if they would allow a similar ad regarding Islam: So we decided to see what would happen if an ad made another religion the focus of such an approach, and patterned our ad closely after that one: Predictably, the New York […]
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Qur’an-burning probe clears troops of malicious intent
Watch for more riots to ensue, with still no American leaders willing to call out the Afghans for their bloody madness. Note also the continuing dhimmitude: the investigation “did find that there were some U.S. personnel who did improperly treat these religious texts.” Improperly, that is, according to Sharia. “Koran-burning probe clears troops of malicious […]
Egyptian Presidential Candidate: ‘I am the Mahdi’
According to today”s edition of Egypt’s Al-Wafd, a popular political website, the latest candidate for the Egyptian presidency, Muhammad Muhammad Musa, claims he is the hidden Mahdi — a savior figure in Islamic eschatology. After exiting from the Supreme Council for Elections, Musa said that “he is the awaited Mahdi who will liberate the Arab […]
Robert Spencer: The Necessity of Anti-Sharia Laws
In The American Thinker today I explain why the anti-Sharia laws being considered in various states are so urgently needed: …In the March issue of First Things, law professor Robert K. Vischer equates anti-sharia laws with recent intrusions upon the religious freedom of Christians, such as laws that now require “pro-life pharmacists to dispense the […]
Indonesia: Five gamblers publicly caned in devout Muslim province of Aceh
Muslim spokesmen in America constantly assure us that Sharia is fully compatible with the U.S. Constitution, and that in its true form it is benign, humane and tolerant. Yet such a form of Sharia has never been seen anywhere on the face of the earth. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “5 gamblers publicly caned […]
Muslim journalist: “The truth is, we do have a problem in our Muslim community”
Here is yet another Man-Bites-Dog story about an actual bona fide anti-terror Muslim. If the mainstream media narrative about Islam being a Religion of Peace that has been Hijacked by a Tiny Minority of Extremists were correct, there would be ten thousand Asra Nomanis. I am glad she is saying these things, and her support […]
Jihadist who tried to blow up Los Angeles Airport in 1999 to get tougher sentence
In 1999 virtually no one in the public square knew anything about the jihad against America. In 2012 virtually no on in the public square knows anything about the jihad against America, and so it is surprising and welcome news that this would-be mass murderer is getting justice. “U.S. court says ‘Millennium Bomber’ sentence too […]
Iraq: Interior ministry allegedly knew of planned massacre of “emo” youth
More on this story. Note the freewheeling conflation of the suspicion of homosexual tendencies, allegations of devil worship, and whatever else the government’s thugs please to level at their targets. The all too literal witch-hunt is ultimately an indiscriminate, arbitrary display of power designed to terrorize the populace into line, and into erring on the […]
Belgium: Sunni-Shi’ite jihad suspected in mosque attack
Words you hoped you would never have to string together: Sunni-Shi’ite jihad in Belgium. “Brussels Imam killed in petrol bomb attack,” from Flanders News, March 13: A member of the public forced an entry into the building last night setting fire to the building with a petrol bomb. The 46-year-old imam attempted to put out […]
Egyptian parliament votes unanimously in favor of expelling Israeli ambassador, describes Israel as “number one enemy”
As long as the military has veto power, the vote is symbolic, but the language of the resolution points to things to come. “Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament votes in support of expelling Israel’s ambassador,” from the Associated Press, March 12: CAIRO – Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament has unanimously voted in support of the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador […]