In FrontPage today I discuss the remarkable falsehoods Barack Obama purveyed at the Islamic Society of Baltimore yesterday. When Barack Obama visited the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Society of Baltimore on Wednesday, he said: “The first thing I want to say is two words that Muslim Americans don’t hear often enough: Thank you.” While Obama has been […]
Mosque Obama visited under FBI surveillance since 2010: one of its members plotted to blow up a federal building
Obama is the President of the United States. He must know all this. That he could plead ignorance of it is inconceivable. So in light of it, why did he go? And when he went, why did he not bother to include even a word about how the Muslims in the U.S., who he thinks […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Newsmax on Obama’s mosque visit
I appeared on Newsmax TV’s Steve Malzberg Show today to discuss Obama’s visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore.
Hugh Fitzgerald: Obama, Islam, and History
“‘Thomas Jefferson’s opponents tried to stir things up by suggesting he was a Muslim. So I was not the first,’ Obama said, sparking laughter. ‘No, it’s true. Look it up. I’m in good company.’” — From USA Today on Barack Obama’s visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, February 3, 2016 Barack Obama paid a visit […]
Obama at Islamic Society of Baltimore: “Muslim Americans keep us safe”
The apotheosis of the Muslim victimhood myth. FBI hate crime statistics show that the hysteria over “Islamophobia” is unfounded, but that matters not at all to Barack Obama. “Obama rebuts anti-Muslim rhetoric in first U.S. mosque visit,” by Kevin Liptak, PJ Media, February 3, 2016: (CNN)Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Obama visits Muslim Brotherhood-tied mosque
In PJ Media today I discuss why this was the wrong thing to do: After seven years of pandering to and appeasing the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran, Barack Obama will mark the crowning moment of his presidency: today he will — for the first time as president — visit a mosque in the United States. […]
Obama invites Hamas-linked CAIR official to visit Baltimore mosque with him
CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its […]
US mosque Obama to visit controlled by Hamas-linked ISNA, former imam was Muslim Brotherhood member
Surprised? “The US Mosque Obama Has Chosen For His First Presidential Visit Has Deep Extremist Ties,” by Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, January 30, 2016 (thanks to Plamen): The Baltimore mosque President Obama has chosen as the first U.S.-based mosque to visit during his presidency has deep ties to extremist elements, including to the Muslim Brotherhood. […]
Obama to visit US mosque to “celebrate the contributions Muslim Americans make to our nation”
“President Obama will make the first visit during his presidency to a U.S. mosque, the White House announced Saturday, as the administration tries to promote religious tolerance at a time when rhetoric linking Islam with terrorism is growing.” Yes, here’s some rhetoric linking Islam with terrorism: the latest Islamic State video is called “Kill them […]
Another Obama concession to Iran: $10 million claim dropped in prisoner deal
Nader Modanlo was accused of taking an illegal $10 million payment from Iran. “U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein said the evidence against Modanlo had been disclosed in court and proved ‘beyond any reasonable doubt that Mr. Modanlo secretly helped Iran launch a satellite for $10 million.’” The U.S. dropped the $10 million claim against him as […]