Some claim that the West has a ridiculous Islamophobic obsession with Islam. A five-year old but enduringly relevant article asserts this: “Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019. Taspinar deplores the fact that Islam is widely seen as an “insurmountable obstacle to freedom, democracy, secularism, and gender equality.” Taspinar claims […]
Afghanistan: Divorced child brides forced to return to former husbands
Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage and the sexualization of children are taken for granted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated […]
Australia appoints UN ‘Global Expert’ as ‘special envoy to combat Islamophobia’
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister Tony Burke said: “Bigotry is always wrong. You should be able to live safely and freely in Australia, regardless of who you are or what you believe.” Sure. But the “Islamophobia” envoy won’t just crack down on vigilante attacks against innocent Muslims, which are never justified and already illegal. He […]
UK: 30,000 migrants to continue living in hotels at cost of $5,800,000 per day for 3 more years
It would be unbelievably foolish for any British citizen actually to believe that a far-left government such as that of Prime Minister Keir Starmer would abide by his election promise to curb Britain’s ongoing illegal migrant problem. The latest news brings a sense of déjà vu, that tens of thousands of illegal migrants are being […]
Trump blames Biden-Harris for attacks on Israel, warns of ‘global catastrophe’ with ‘nonexistent’ president
All enemy eyes are on the once great America which is now bereft of leadership, and with a wide-open border. It’s a boon for America’s enemies, as the world realigns in view of an America that has gone MIA. Trump is correct in saying that the world is “very close to global catastrophe” with a […]
Iranian Muslim Cleric Says Israelis Had Supernatural Help to Kill Hezbollah’s Nasrallah
New in PJ Media: The Israelis have astounded the world in recent weeks with several unparalleled feats of wartime ingenuity, most notably the explosion of thousands of pagers that belonged to high-level Hezbollah operatives. Topping even that was the elimination of arch-terrorist and media darling Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah, who had been in hiding for nearly two […]
Biden Regime Preps Post-Election Revenge on Israel
“Space for more confrontational policies vis-a-vis the Israeli government” Whoever wins on Election Day it won’t be Joe Biden who will head off to join Jimmy Carter in senile infamy or his top administration members who won’t be likely to stay on no matter which way the election turns out. And the administration is taking […]
Who is to Blame for ‘Islamophobia’?
Does the West has a ridiculous Islamophobic obsession with Islam? We’re examining an old but enduringly relevant article that asserts this: “Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019: It is easy to blame anti-immigration politics and racism for the rise of Islamophobia. Yet the problem cannot be reduced to […]
Michigan: Muslims scream genocidal ‘Khaybar’ chant, call to ‘blow up Tel Aviv’
As The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS explains, Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led a Muslim force against the Khaybar oasis, which was inhabited by Jews — many of whom he had previously exiled from Medina. When he did so, he was not responding to any provocation. One of the Muslims later remembered: “When […]
Does the West Have an ‘Obsession With Islam’?
Some people believe that the West has a ridiculous Islamophobic obsession with Islam. Five years ago, this assertion was given a lapidary formulation by one Omer Taspinar. His claims are worth revisiting. “Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019: From Donald Trump’s alarmist speech in 2017 in Poland, […]