Here from FrontPage is the background to why my talk at Breitbart News’ “Uninvited” panel was entitled “Why I am not a conservative.” Video of my talk is here. Many years ago, when I interviewed the great avant-garde saxophonist Charles Gayle, I asked him about bitter criticism he had received for his tendency to preach […]
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Iran arrests reformist Muslim scholar accused of heresy and apostasy
Here yet again we see why there isn’t a large number of genuine Muslim reformers. “Liberal Iraqi Shi’ite Scholar Sayyed Ahmad Al-Qabbanji Calls For Reason In Islamic Discourse and Jurisprudence,” by Yotam Feldner for MEMRI, February 21: Introduction On February 18, 2013, the Iraqi media reported that the liberal Iraqi Shi’ite scholar Sayyed Ahmad Al-Qabbanji […]
Pope Francis: friend of the Jews — cardinals passed over supporter of “Palestinian” jihad
One may hope that the choice of Pope Francis, and the rejection of Maradiaga, will herald a realism in the Vatican about the jihad that threatens both Jews and Christians, and of which Israel is on the front lines. “Pope Francis I: Friend of Inclusiveness,” by Christine Williams at the Gatestone Institute, March 15: The […]
Video: Pamela Geller at CPAC “Uninvited” panel
Breitbart News was given space for a panel at CPAC, which they used to invite a group of speakers who have been barred from speaking at CPAC. Here Pamela Geller explains the war on the free speech and the larger implications of the CPAC ban.
Iraq: Ten years since removing Saddam — on The Glazov Gang
This week’s Glazov Gang features Shant Kenderian, author of “1001 Nights in Iraq,” Michael Walsh, author and screenwriter, and Josh Brewster, an NHL hockey broadcaster (hockeytalk.biz). The topic was Iraq: Ten Years Since Removing Saddam. The dialogue occurred in Part I and dealt with whether on nor we have won this war and whether we […]
Sudan systematically targeting Nubian Christians
Muslim persecution of Christians grows more common by the day. And the world continues to yawn. “Sudan: ‘Sudan Security Systematically Targeting Nuba Christians’ – Report,” from Radio Dabanga, March 14 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): South Kordofan “” “According to HUDO’s observation, it is clear that the systematic campaign of the government [of Sudan] […]
Pakistan: Christians told “protest again and you will die”
“The quality of life for Pakistani Christians has reached its nadir.” An update on this story. “Christians told, “˜protest again and you will die!,– by Shamim Masih for the Daily Times, March 16 (thanks to Lookmann): HUNDREDS of Pakistani Christians became homeless in Badami Bagh, Lahore, on Saturday, March 9 after an attack by a […]
Ahmadinejad accused of heresy for saying Chavez would be resurrected with twelfth imam
Can a sitting president of Iran be stoned to death? “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused of ‘heresy,’” from the Telegraph, March 15: A senior Iranian cleric has accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of “heresy” after saying Hugo Chavez would be resurrected with the 12th imam. Ayatollah Ahmed Janati, the hardline chief of the Guardians Council, told worshippers at Friday […]
Muslim Brotherhood: UN’s condemnation of violence against women “would drag society back to pre-Islamic ignorance”
“A woman needs to be confined within a framework that is controlled by the man of the house.” When I report that Muslims say this, and that they base the idea on Islamic teaching, I’m a greasy Islamophobe. When the New York Times does it, they’re the paper of record. “Muslim Brotherhood’s Statement on Women […]
Robert Spencer: John Coltrane and Bilal Philips: Two Converts” Paths
Here is the latest in my series on jazz and Islam at PJ Lifestyle: John Coltrane and Bilal Philips: two musicians, one famous, the other obscure, but both men who in the course of their lives found themselves at an absolute impasse and underwent a dramatic conversion. And in those conversions, they chose two radically […]