A report from the heartland of America, on ways to fight the “epidemic of anti-Muslim bigotry” that has apparently engulfed us, offers food for skeptical thought: Breaking through the noise of the 24-hour news cycle, where participants are more likely to yell than offer thoughtful discussion, isn’t easy. But a dozen local churches, religious organizations […]
Washington Post hits “baffling argument” that “Islam is not a religion”
Merriam Webster defines “religion” as “a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices.” Islam certainly qualifies as a religion by that definition. Religions profess to connect human beings to the divine. Islam professes to do that. At the same time, however, it is also a political system that is authoritarian, supremacist, […]
Christians in Muslim countries ‘143 times more likely’ to be killed by Muslims than Muslims in non-Muslim countries
You won’t hear this from the establishment media. It doesn’t fit the narrative. “Christians living in a Muslim country ‘143 times more likely’ to be killed by a Muslim than vice versa,” Voice of Europe, March 18, 2019: Terrorist attacks against Muslims in the Western world, like the one that took place in Christchurch, are […]
Organization of Islamic Cooperation urges UN to declare “Islamophobia” a form of racism
Racism is hating someone or denying services to someone gratuitously, because of his or her race. Islam is not a race, and there are Muslims of all races. Islam is a belief system. If the UN goes for this, and it very well may, it will classify analysis of how that belief system incites some […]
Washington state governor and Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee welcomes Hamas-linked CAIR to state capital
As long as I am governor, Washington state will continue to speak loudly and stand strong for the rights of people of all faiths, orientations and nationalities. I was pleased to welcome the Council on American-Islamic Relations to Olympia today. @CAIR_WA #MDAC2019 #waleg pic.twitter.com/1djkyOOgtT — Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) March 21, 2019 CAIR is an […]
Virginia Muslim leader says it’s “Islamophobic” and “hate” to use words such as “Islamist extremist”
“Islamist extremist” is itself a phrase that attempts to distance Islam from the violence perpetrated in its name and in accord with its teachings. So is “Radical Islam.” But as far as Esam Omeish is concerned, any speech that suggests that there is any connection between Islam and jihad violence must be stigmatized and silenced. […]
Canada: University cites New Zealand massacre as reason for canceling Islamocritical talk by ex-Muslim
Mount Royal University suddenly cancelled a talk by Armin Navabi, “an Iranian-Canadian atheist activist who was scheduled to deliver a talk critical of Islam.” Navabi is not only an apostate, which is a capital offense in Iran; he is now also being punished for criticizing Islam in Canada. The University told organizers: “In light of […]
Canada: Opposition leader lambasted for not decrying “Islamophobia” following New Zealand massacre
Canadian opposition leader Andrew Scheer is being taken to the woodshed by CAIR-CAN, which has renamed itself the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and “the leaders of Canada’s largest labour organization,” the Canadian Labour Congress, led by its president Hassan Yussuff, for “emboldening far-right extremists by failing to call out Islamophobia following the New […]
Erdogan: “Just as humanity fought against anti-Semitism, it should fight against rising Islamophobia”
The term “Islamophobia” is used for two distinct and unrelated phenomena: vigilante attacks on innocent Muslims, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the ways that jihadis use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and make recruits among peaceful ones. The former are being used to shut down the latter. “Erdogan […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Tlaib: Democrats Were Upset with Omar’s Anti-Semitism Because of “Islamophobia”
The weapon that leftist leaders have used for years is now turned against them. My latest in FrontPage: When Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the Democratic Party’s three new stars, was asked in an interview on Showtime’s aptly named “Circus” about why some Democrats were unhappy with the anti-Semitic remarks of her fellow rising […]