“Pundits and politicians are already ringing the alarm bells. The common refrain you hear in the US: The Middle East is being overrun with religious radicals bent on oppressing women and destroying Israel. That is nonsense, of course.” — Reza Aslan Of course! “Zionist Entity to Be Sued over Abu Jihad Assassination,” from Al-Manar, November […]
Archives for 2012
Robert Spencer: Can We Survive Four More Years of Obama?
I answer the question over at Atlas Shrugs: Can America afford four more years of Barack Obama as President of the United States? In the most literal terms, probably not: his reckless deficit spending can’t be sustained indefinitely, and as he has campaigned on a platform of more free goodies for everyone, it won’t be […]
The Jihad on Egypt’s Pharaonic Antiquities
While Islamic hate for idols is a well documented phenomenon””permeating both the whole of Islamic doctrine and history””the “Arab Spring” has given greater rise to this hate, as it has to all uniquely Islamic phenomena. Soon after Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Morsi became president of Egypt, calls to demolish the Great Pyramids“”long seen as the […]
The Christian Left’s Humanitarian Hypocrisy
Over at the Investigative Project on Terrorism (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discuss how Muslim Turks care about Native Americans, and American Protestants care about Muslim Palestinians, but few care about persecuted Christians: The world’s double standards concerning which peoples qualify as oppressed and deserving of help is staggering. Two recent stories make this clear: First, a […]
148 victims, family members in Fort Hood jihad shootings sue government, say DoD is avoiding responsibility by calling them “workplace violence” instead of “terrorism”
As I said here, there is abundant evidence that it was a jihad attack. This politically correct misclassification is one of the sorriest elements of Obama’s sorry record of denial and obfuscation, and worse, regarding the jihad. “148 victims, family members in Fort Hood shootings sue government for compensation,” by Pete Yost for the Associated […]
Honor killing in India: Muslim kills sister, tries to kill her boyfriend
While the world holds its breath, for some it is business as usual. Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human […]
Three years ago today: the Fort Hood jihad massacre
Soldier of Allah Three years ago, U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murdered thirteen Americans at Fort Hood in a bloody jihad massacre. Hasan was shouting “Allahu akbar” as he fired. He passed out Qur’ans on the morning of the shooting. His business card read SOA, for “Soldier of Allah.” He had earlier delivered a […]
Sudanese jihad leader linked to bin Laden backs Obama, “of course”
Osama’s dead, but no hard feelings, eh? A jihadist enemy of the United States declares his preference. –˜Baraka” means blessing, that’s why Obama should win: Sudan Islamist,” from AFP, November 5 (thanks to all who sent this in): “You know what “˜Baraka” means in Arabic? Blessing,” says veteran Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi, who is linked […]
Bahrain: Shi’ite Misunderstanders of Islam murder two with bomb blasts in Manama
“Locally-made bombs.” This apparently is a signal that Iran is not involved this time, or at least that its involvement is not directly known. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad in Bahrain: “Five bomb blasts hit Bahrain capital, two workers killed,” from MSN News, November 5 (thanks to Kenneth): DUBAI – Five home-made bombs went off in the Bahraini […]
Somali jihadists use converts from Christianity to Islam for jihad attacks on churches
Muslim converts in Somalia imbibing their new religion’s traditions of peace and tolerance. “Somalia Militants Use “˜Ex-Christians” To Bomb Kenya Churches,” by Joseph DeCaro for BosNewsLife, November 4 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)– Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab uses converts from religious Christianity to Islam to carry out attacks against churches […]