The British government’s support for the Islamic Human Rights Commission provides a handy new illustration of what it means to be a “useful idiot.” “Chairman of a British-based Islamic Human Rights Commission — that has has received more than £1.4 million in charity cash — praised the fatwa on Sir Salman Rushdie less than a […]
Virgin Money Foundation helps Muslim ‘challenge and dismantle systemic Islamophobic towards Muslim woman in the UK’
Maybe they should have given Roukagia a Fellowship to challenge and dismantle her systemic failure to grasp English grammar, but more importantly, has the Virgin Money Foundation given any Fellowships to any victims of jihad to help them fight against jihad violence? Any Fellowships to critics of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women to […]
Star Tribune hits Rushdie: We must ‘use our First Amendment rights to build bridges rather than reinforce divisions’
That’s how we lose our First Amendment rights, and we’re well on the way. Alansari-Kreger tries to make his argument sound high-minded — it’s all about building bridges and fighting against division, you see — but it still comes down to censorship and authoritarianism. “Of double standards and ‘free speech,’” by Omar Alansari-Kreger, Star Tribune, […]
How to Hate ‘Islamophobia’ and Support Salman Rushdie
New in PJ Media: The stabbing of Salman Rushdie by an open supporter of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who ingenuously explained that he attacked the famed writer because he “insulted Islam,” has put much of the Leftist intelligentsia in the West in a tough position. For years they’ve been insisting that any criticism of […]
Iranian State Media Features American Prof With a New Theory on Rushdie Stabbing: The Jews Did It
New in PJ Media: The Islamic Republic of Iran has been engaging in a bit of damage control since the stabbing of Salman Rushdie. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, affectionately known as “The Butcher of Baghdad,” is set to come to New York to address the United Nations, and the Iranians don’t want to make the […]
Oxford prof: Rushdie attack ‘assault on free speech,’ but warns against ‘eagerness to focus on Islamic extremism’
This is the line that the Left has pushed in the media, as well as in intelligence and law enforcement circles, ever since 9/11 (and before that as well): to take much notice of Islamic jihad activity will only fuel “Islamophobic” attacks against innocent Muslims. Therefore, we must not talk about jihad activity. There is […]
US ‘Islamic scholar’ on state-run Iranian TV: Rushdie attack might be Israeli plot to spread ‘Islamophobia’
Kevin Barrett is “an American scholar and political commentator,” according to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s house organ, PressTV. He is also, as this article shows, a paranoid conspiracy nut who sees Jews behind everything. This is no surprise. Barrett is a convert to Islam, and so his hatred, contempt, and fear of Jews has […]
‘The real Islamophobes are those who caution that exercising one’s free speech will set off the assassins’
Katha Pollitt’s words here recall something I used to repeat many years ago: that those who accused me of “Islamophobia” were the real “Islamophobes,” as they assume that to oppose jihad mass murder and Sharia oppression of women is to “hate Muslims,” as if all Muslims supported jihad mass murder and Sharia oppression of women. […]
Chautauqua Institute beefs up security after Rushdie attack while ignoring its causes
This is all just theater. Chautauqua needn’t have added any new security, because none of its other speakers are targeted by jihadis. Meanwhile, Chautauqua organizers would rather be boiled in oil than feature a speaker who honestly identified why exactly Rushdie was attacked, and explained the full implications of the attack. “New security measures in […]
An Afghan Muslim Refugee Carried Out America’s Worst Islamophobic Killings
Leftists import bigoted killers and blame “Islamophobia.” Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Diversity is our strength so it couldn’t have been too shocking that an Afghan Muslim refugee was responsible for America’s single worst Islamophobic killing […]