Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Salafist offshoot of al-Qaeda, is the most powerful rebel group in Syria and has now launched an aggressive assault on Aleppo. The late Islamic State caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi aided the formation of HTS, but its goal differs from that of the Islamic State: it seeks Islamic rule in Syria […]
French government headed to collapse as Marine Le Pen joins left on motion of no-confidence against prime minister
Mathilde Panot, president of the far-left La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly since October 2021, stated: Faced with this umpteenth denial of democracy, we will censure the government… We are living in political chaos because of Michel Barnier’s government and Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. Let’s hope that France doesn’t prove to be as collectively […]
Video: Exploring the Quran with Hatun Tash and Robert Spencer — 2:238-269
Monday. Get The Critical Qur’an here.
NC: Muslim migrant imam says wives must not leave house without husband’s permission, must never refuse sex
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “If a husband calls his wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning” (Bukhari 4.54.460). And: “By him in Whose Hand lies my life, a woman can not carry out the right […]
Trump Lays Down the Law on Antisemitism in Universities
In Trump’s first term, Jews were declared to be a minority group protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. And now, just weeks away from beginning his second term, Trump has laid down the law, in a speech he just gave at a rally against antisemitism in Washington. American universities that fail to […]
Iran’s exiled Crown Prince: ‘Alongside Jews and Baha’is, Iranian Christians face rampant persecution’
When Iran became an Islamic Republic, immediately non-Muslims began to be repressed and persecuted. Yet anyone who notices the obvious connection is vilified as an “Islamophobe.” “Iran’s exiled Crown Prince highlights ‘widespread and rampant persecution’ of Christians,” Article 18, November 20, 2024: The exiled son of the former Shah of Iran has highlighted the “widespread and […]
How the IDF Did It: The 7th Armored Brigade in Southern Lebanon
An interview with Colonel Elad Zuri, the commander of the IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade, provides a glimpse into how the IDF protects the people, and the state, of Israel, from those who would destroy both. In southern Lebanon, the fighters — most of them reservists — of the 7th Armored Brigade, having previously fought in […]
Al-Azhar declares support for China’s ‘fight against Muslim radicalism,’ ignores repression of Uyghurs
Sharia stipulates that one does not wage jihad when the enemy has overwhelming strength and the jihadis have no chance of victory. Al-Azhar sees China as strong and thus acquiesces to the repression of the Uyghurs. Islamic groups see the West as weak, and press it with claims of “Islamophobia,” knowing this to be an […]
Obama Signals He Controls Biden and He’s Coming for Israel
Bad news for America and Israel. One of Obama’s little pseudo-intellectual gimmicks was very visibly holding topical books to send a signal ahead of a policy intifada. One of those infamous moments came when he was showing off Fareed Zakaria’s “The Post-American World”. That’s not something Biden does. Biden’s not much of a reader and […]
The ICC has Become an Islamic Lawfare Tool
First Jews and then Buddhists. After targeting Israel in support of Islamic terrorists, ICC Muslim prosecutor Karim Khan is now going after Myanmar’s leaders over their dispute with Muslim Rohingya settlers, migrants and insurgents. Myanmar is not an ICC member but Bangladesh, which is a party to the dispute, is an ICC member. After a […]