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Hizballah-linked Muslim academic: If not for Rushdie fatwa, West would have insulted Islam even more
Sadek al-Naboulsi is absolutely right. The Rushdie fatwa and the Muhammad cartoon murders and attempted murders led many in the West to internalize Sharia blasphemy restrictions and never say anything that Muslims might find offensive, no matter how true and accurate the statement may have been. We see so much violent intimidation around the world […]
The American Conservative denounces Rushdie, complains that his book was ‘deliberately insulting to Islam’
Well, that didn’t take long. On Tuesday, I wrote: “So now, because of the attack on Salman Rushdie, Dreher has at least temporarily abandoned his naive kumbaya irenicism and is acknowledging again that there is a jihad threat.” On Thursday, The American Conservative, where Dreher doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus, published this […]
Rushdie stabber says Rushdie is ‘someone who attacked Islam,’ complains prison food ‘not allowed in my religion’
The authorities and establishment media will ignore or explain away this ingenuous statement of intent and find the real cause of the attack elsewhere: will Matar soon be declared mentally ill? “Salman Rushdie attacker praises Iran’s ayatollah, surprised author survived: jailhouse interview,” by Steven Vago and Ben Kesslen, New York Post, August 17, 2022: The New Jersey […]
Morocco: Woman gets two years in prison for ‘attacking the Muslim religion’ on Facebook
It is a brittle and insecure religion and culture that feels itself compelled to punish dissidents with prison or violence. That is true in many instances other than this particular one, and far beyond Islam itself. Meanwhile, this sort of thing doesn’t happen in the enlightened West. Here, we are free to criticize any and […]
The Nut Who Likened the Rosary to an AR-15 Finds ‘Hate’ for a Living
New in PJ Media: It would have been charitable to think that The Atlantic’s appalling recent piece likening the rosary, the popular Catholic devotional, to an AR-15 rifle and painting a dark picture of armed, rosary-praying Catholics ready to unleash papal mayhem on the peaceful citizenry was the product of a writer with no ideas and a looming […]
As a Survivor of the First ISIS Attack on American Soil, I Have a Few Thoughts About Salman Rushdie
New in PJ Media: The stabbing of Salman Rushdie has been the occasion for numerous people around the world to reaffirm their commitment to the freedom of speech, and that’s all to the good. I couldn’t help but notice once again, however, the stark contrast between the response to the attack on Rushdie and the […]
Cathy Young and The Bulwark suddenly discover that there is a jihad threat to the freedom of speech
As I noted earlier today here and here, Salman Rushdie, perhaps because he is a doctrinaire Leftist, makes people who otherwise do not oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women think that it’s acceptable to do so. But while the New York Times and Rod Dreher of The American Conservative blithely ignore their previous […]
Iran says Rushdie and his supporters are the only ones to blame for attack, because he insulted Islam
Everyone is suddenly an advocate for the freedom of speech after the Rushdie attack, but actually what Nasser Kanaani says here is exactly what the Western media says whenever people in the West are attacked for speaking honestly about the jihad and Sharia: he had it coming, he needlessly provoked the poor dears. “‘Rushdie insulted […]
New York Times suddenly discovers the importance of the freedom of speech, even regarding Islam
“Ms. Hakakian…said that the heart of the Rushdie case is ‘being able to say that we, as writers, as novelists, as thinkers, can absolutely take on any issue we want in our works — and that includes Islam.’” This you, New York Times? “The Conservative Force Behind Speeches Roiling College Campuses,” by Stephanie Saul, New York […]