The same Islamic cleric who insists that Muslim husbands must hate their non-Muslim wives, recently issued a fatwa arguing that the biblical statement attributed to Jesus”””Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” (Matt 22:21)””does not, as widely believed by Christians for some two millennia, mean that […]
Archives for 2013
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Magazine: Kerry’s Surprising Defiance of the White House on Egypt
John Kerry, defender of freedom? What is this world coming to? My latest in FrontPage: Josh Rogin reported in the Daily Beast Monday that there is a rift in Barack Obama’s foreign policy team over Egypt. “Before Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent trip to Cairo,” Rogin wrote, “National Security Adviser Susan Rice told him to make strong statements in […]
US promises Pakistan that it will not carry out any drone strikes during any future peace talks with Taliban
Here is yet another indication of the likelihood that peace talks with the Taliban will be long on U.S. concessions to the Taliban and short on any reciprocal concessions, thereby further underscoring the unsconscionable futility and waste of the whole U.S. misadventure there. “No more drone strikes during Taliban talks, US assures Pakistan,” from Dawn, […]
Somalia: Muslim group warns that sending children to school could undermine their Islamic faith
“O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur’an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, God will forgive those: for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing. Some people before you did ask such […]
Kerry: Egyptian revolution “stolen” by Muslim Brotherhood
It is not at all clear that “those kids in Tahrir Square, they were not motivated by any religion or ideology,” or that the “revolution” got “stolen” by the Muslim Brotherhood. There were early signs that the Brotherhood was the driving force behind the anti-Mubarak protests. However, this is further indication of Kerry’s distaste for […]
Kerry: Egyptian revolution “stolen” by Muslim Brotherhood
It is not at all clear that “those kids in Tahrir Square, they were not motivated by any religion or ideology,” or that the “revolution” got “stolen” by the Muslim Brotherhood. There were early signs that the Brotherhood was the driving force behind the anti-Mubarak protests. However, this is further indication of Kerry’s distaste for […]
Somalia: Muslim group warns that sending children to school could undermine their Islamic faith
Somali schoolgirl, risking her Islamic faith “O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur’an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, God will forgive those: for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing. Some […]
US promises Pakistan that it will not carry out any drone strikes during any future peace talks with Taliban
Sartaj Aziz Here is yet another indication of the likelihood that peace talks with the Taliban will be long on U.S. concessions to the Taliban and short on any reciprocal concessions, thereby further underscoring the unsconscionable futility and waste of the whole U.S. misadventure there. “No more drone strikes during Taliban talks, US assures Pakistan,” […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Magazine: Kerry”s Surprising Defiance of the White House on Egypt
John Kerry, defender of freedom? What is this world coming to? My latest in FrontPage: Josh Rogin reported in the Daily Beast Monday that there is a rift in Barack Obama’s foreign policy team over Egypt. “Before Secretary of State John Kerry”s recent trip to Cairo,” Rogin wrote, “National Security Adviser Susan Rice told him to make strong statements in […]
Iran’s Supremo: “The Israeli regime is based on very weak pillars” and is “doomed to fail, to disappear”
But don’t worry: they’re all moderates there now. “Israel doomed to disappear, Khamenei says,” from ANSAmed, November 20 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – TEHRAN – ‘The Israeli regime is based on very weak pillars’ and is ‘doomed to fail, to disappear’ as it a ‘regime imposed with force’ and no historic phenomenon ‘which emerged through […]