On December 15, 2021, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) re-released an op-ed titled “Love for Jesus Can Bring Christians and Muslims Together.”[1] This op-ed was written by Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR’s current National Communications Director, and for a number of years it has been released annually before Christmas. Hooper wrote: As forces of hate […]
Is CAIR’s Complaint about the Misuse of ‘Islamic Terminology’ Actually a Confession?
On August 27, 2021, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released an op-ed titled “How the Misuse of Islamic Terminology Endangers Muslim Communities.”[1] This op-ed started out: Allah. Sharia. Jihad. Caliphate. Hijab. For decades, American Muslims have been working to educate political leaders and media personalities who misuse these and so many other Islamic […]
CAIR’s ‘Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on Islam and Muslims’: Fooling the Fourth Estate
On August 23, 2021, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a new edition of “A Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on Islam and Muslims.” This guide was …designed to give journalists and other media professionals the tools they need to gain a better understanding of Islam and write more informed, accurate and balanced stories […]
Oklahoma GOP versus CAIR Final Score: OKGOP 6, CAIR 1 (Participation Point)
On September 5, 2021, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a press release titled, “CAIR-OK Condemns Oklahoma GOP Chairman’s Attacks on Islam, Hate Rhetoric Targeting Islamic School Children.”[1] The focus of this press release was on statements about Islam that had been made by John Bennett, the Chairman of the Oklahoma GOP. The […]
Bringing in Afghan Refugees with All of Their ‘Luggage’
Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban and American forces are withdrawing. As with such ventures, this has resulted in tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing their own country. And as night follows day, this has also resulted in calls by many American individuals and organizations to bring in as many […]
Muhammad and the Killing of Women and Children
It is commonly claimed that Muhammad had issued a general prohibition against the killing of women and children, and that this was established Islamic Doctrine. There are two popular hadiths that are often used to support this claim: It has been reported from Sulaiman b. Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah […]
The Iowa State Senate Prays to Allah – Twice
The Iowa State Senate opens each daily session with a prayer. On February 8, State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott (D) “shared a prayer” written by one of her constituents who was a Muslim. The prayer was to Allah and included references to a number of Allah’s 99 Names.[1] It is interesting that the Iowa […]
Rice University Sacrifices Academic Standards on the Altar of Fantasy Islam
…the United States created the foundation on which great research universities could be built. Those core values included…organized skepticism (the willingness to entertain the most radical of ideas, but subject the claims to truth and fact to the most rigorous scrutiny)… Jonathan R. Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University[1] The […]
The Fantasy Islam of Rice University’s Craig Considine (Part 3)
In this final part we will look a little further into Considine’s Fantasy Islam, and then my concluding remarks. Muhammad did not condemn Christians to hellfire or call them inferior On p. 113 Considine wrote: …Muhammad did not condemn Christians to the eternal hellfire. Nor did the Prophet think that Christians are inferior people who […]
The Fantasy Islam of Rice University’s Craig Considine (Part 2)
Let’s continue examining the creativity of Considine’s Fantasy Islam. Muhammad’s Farewell Sermon On p. 61 Considine lauded Muhammad’s Farewell Sermon as an example of Muhammad’s belief in racial equality: The Farewell Sermon (see Appendix 2) of Muhammad…is another noteworthy manifestation of the Prophet’s stance on anti-racism. He stated in the sermon: “…a white person has […]