His crime? Comparing his poetry to something in the Qur’an. The Qur’an is adamant that it cannot be rivaled (2:23). One report even says King Abdullah ordered his arrest. That’s the same King Abdullah of the “King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue,” not in Mecca or Medina or even Riyadh, […]
Archives for 2012
Sunspots? Newsweek notices Muslim persecution of Christians
Newsweek, February 2012 Spencer pamphlet, April 2011 Bob Dylan: “Mavis, I’ve had the blues.” Mavis Staples: “Oh, Bobby, don’t tell me you got the blues.” Bob Dylan: “Yeah, I’ve been up all night, laying in bed, having insomnia, reading Snoozeweek.” Mavis Staples: “Snoozeweek? That ain’t gonna get rid of no blues. Let’s do some singing. […]
Coren: We must be honest about honor killings
In “We must be honest about honour killings” in The Spectator, February 6, Michael Coren tells truths that the mainstream media is too clueless and/or compromised to tell about Islamic honor killings. We are very happy and honored that Coren, award-winning television host and bestselling author, will be speaking at the first-ever human rights conference […]
Occupy DC thugs plan violent disruption of CPAC
This is the way it always is with the Left and the Islamic supremacists. They are enemies of freedom, enemies of the freedom of speech, and brutish thugs who can do nothing else to silence us but resort to violence. This is all of a piece with the fact that few Islamic spokesmen will debate […]
Who Defames the Prophet?
Over at Stonegate Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I translate an Arabic op-ed, written by Ahmed El Aswany, and with the above title. It appeared in the popular news website, El Bashayer, December 22, 2011, following several lawsuits against Egypt’s Christians, most notably billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who allegedly “defamed Islam” by posting on his twitter account an […]
Michael Coren to Address AFDI Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference in Dearborn, Michigan at Hyatt Regency
From Yahoo News: NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Popular television host and bestselling author Michael Coren has been added to the speakers list of the first-ever human rights conference dedicated to exposing the plight of women under Islamic law in Dearborn, Michigan on the anniversary of the honor murder of Jessica Mokdad: the […]
Chicago: Muslim pleads guilty to misunderstanding Islam, trying to send money to al-Qaeda — also discussed jihad bomb at stadium
More shameless Islamophobia. “Chicago cabbie pleads guilty in terror case,” by Michael Tarm for the Associated Press, February 6 (thanks to Bill): CHICAGO””A Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver who prosecutors say could be heard on FBI wiretaps discussing a plan to bomb a stadium pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to send money to a Pakistani-based terrorist […]
Spencer: Jimmy Carter All Over Again
In my FrontPage column this morning I discuss some of the many indications that we are now living through Jimmy Carter’s long-delayed second term: The Egyptian Government has released the names of nineteen American citizens that it intends to prosecute for their role in fomenting anti-government protests — a charge they deny. Protests from the […]
U.K.: Al-Qaeda seeking female recruits for suicide bombings
Al-Qaeda did not invent the jihadist ideology that drives it, but it is an effective transmitter of tactics to distant theaters of jihad, most notably in the case of suicide bombings. Here, a tactic associated with the Palestinian jihad and the Chechen “black widow” jihadists threatens to make inroads in Britain. “Al-Qaeda bid for Brit […]
U.K.: Muslim cleric deemed “risk to national security” is out on bail
An update on the absurd and surreal saga of Abu Qatada. “Abu Qatada to be released within days,” by Tom Whitehead for the Telegraph, February 7: Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain’s national security, will be back on the streets within days after judges granted him bail. […]