A Contempt for Danger by Michael Devolin “Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.” -Seneca I’ve always been offended by the term “Islamophobia,” an asseveration adopted by Western journalists to calumniate anyone expressing second thoughts about what has now become Islam’s contrary and uncongenial presence in the Western hemisphere. My doubts about the […]
“Islamophobia” Joins the Rainbow Coalition
‘Islamophobia’ Joins the Rainbow Coalition by Andrew Harrod “Same-sex marriage bans” and “anti-sharia/anti-‘foreign law’” bills seek “to disenfranchise historically marginalized groups,” according to the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)’s latest “Islamophobia” study, “Islamophobia: A Threat to All.” An audience of around fifty at a recent panel discussion on the study at Georgetown University’s […]
Karen Armstrong on Harris and Maher: “It fills me with despair, because this is the sort of talk that led to the concentration camps”
Remember all those Jewish terror plots? Jews shouting “Shema Yisrael” as they blew themselves up in crowds of non-Jews and flew planes into buildings? Remember those captured internal documents of Jewish organizations saying they were working toward “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within” so that “the religion of Moses was victorious over other religions”? […]
UK: Friend of hostage beheaded by Islamic State blames media, “far-right” for “Islamophobia”
“The actions of a criminal that happens to be Muslim is immediately related back to the religion of Islam. This is not the case in other religious groups.” The criminals who beheaded Alan Henning did not just “happen to be Muslim.” They explicitly and repeatedly ground their actions solely and wholly in Islam, explaining and […]
Mehdi Hasan goes full fascist, calls for sanctions for criticism of Muslims
I wrote this piece this morning over at PamelaGeller.com about the deceptive and dishonest British Islamic supremacist Mehdi Hasan: Mehdi Hasan is Britain’s answer to Reza Aslan: a mainstream media darling whose fawning sycophants never challenge him on his numerous misstatements and deceptive claims about Islam. He once infamously claimed that Muslims always keep the […]
Turkish journalist: Charge of “racism” and “Islamophobia” are “accusations bullies always use to silence people who disagree with them”
Important truths enunciated by a courageous Turkish journalist. “The West’s Dangerous Enchantment with Islam: Muslim Women Thrown ‘Under the Bus,’” by Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute, November 9, 2014: The loudest voices in the West now seem to come from many progressives who say that criticizing of Islam is racist, intolerant, bigoted and Islamophobic. Injustices, they […]
Turkey’s Deputy PM denounces “Islamophobia,” says Islam is religion of peace
“Islam is a religion of peace and soundness, not a religion that creates terror between people.” Oh, good. Glad he cleared that up. All those Muslims creating terror among non-Muslims — the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas, and all the rest? Pay no attention! Islam is a religion of peace and soundness! “Turkey’s Deputy […]
NY Daily News: Islamic State’s rise has fueled “Islamophobia”
There is no free press in the U.S. Since the Islamic State began to make headlines, there has not been a single article about how Muslims are instituting programs to convince young Muslims that the Islamic State’s understanding of Islam is wrong. There has not been a single rally of any significant size of Muslims […]
Berkeley Muslim students defend their attempt to get Bill Maher canceled
This controversy has largely died down now, and this article is five days old, but it is worth noting again because of the final line of the article: “‘To them,’ Takruri said, ‘it’s clearly a matter of silencing hate speech, not free speech.’” This free speech/hate speech distinction is increasingly common. I encountered it last […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Sun TV on Libyan rape gangs in UK and more
Here is video of my weekly Jihad Watch segment on Michael Coren’s Sun TV show, from Thursday. Topics (thanks to AlohaSnackbar01): 1) Libyan soldiers blame the British for not telling them the difference between right and wrong . . . that’s why they attacked and raped British girls. 2) Pro-Israel/anti-ISIS doctor investigated in Britain by […]