“The whole idea that this is merely a political war, is wrong. We kill them, because Allah told us to, and not because they attack us. The only way out for them is to convert or to pay a head tax.” That’s in complete accord with the Qur’an and Islamic law: “Fight those who believe […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Miss World’s Very Own Islam
If you google “Islam” and “news” this week, you will pull up from the Internet the inspiring story of Esma Voloder, who has just been declared Miss World Australia 2017. Here is her message to the world: My heart is full ❤️? Gratitude and joy overtook me last night as I was crowned @missworldaustralia 2017 […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: John Quincy Adams On Islam: “Old Man Eloquent” (Part II)
Today, a side of Adams that was not made much of in his lifetime has for many of us become the most important, and much-needed, part of his legacy: his critical view of Islam and of Muhammad. He derived these views from experience — his own and his father’s — of Muslim behavior (both of […]
“Holy War” is not an Islamic term?
Linda Sarsour’s use of the word jihad at the recent convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) raised quite a few eyebrows, with many non-Muslims claiming that Sarsour was calling for a “holy war” against the Trump administration. Many Muslims immediately responded by stating that those non-Muslims misunderstood the true meaning of the […]
House rejects proposal identifying “Islamic religious doctrines” that could be used by terrorist groups
Choosing denial and willful ignorance instead of knowledge of the motivating ideology of the jihadis who have vowed to destroy us. That’s just asking to be defeated. “If you have an amendment that says we’re going to study one religion and only one, we’re going to look at their leaders and put them on a […]
Today is 250th birthday of the President most knowledgeable about Islam: John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts, and served as President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. Of the 44 men who have held that office, he demonstrated the greatest knowledge of Islam. His impressions of that religion, however, were not favorable; today, he […]
Robert Spencer: Yes, Linda Sarsour Did Incite Violence Against President Trump
Of course she knows what every school of Sunni jurisprudence says about jihad. My latest in PJ Media: The hijabbed feminist heroine Linda Sarsour is in the center of another controversy, and the Leftist establishment media is again rushing to defend her. This time, she called for “jihad” against President Trump. The whole controversy, […]
Mehdi Hasan: Only “the terrorists and the Islamophobes” say that jihad “refers to violence”
In the wake of Linda Sarsour’s declaration of jihad against President Trump, Leftists and Islamic supremacists have been taking the line that only “Muslim extremists” and “Islamophobes” say that jihad involves violence: Hamas-linked CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush said much the same thing: The clear intention here is not just to intimidate people into dismissing the idea […]
Linda Sarsour’s jihad against Trump: here’s why she really is inciting violence
My latest over at the Geller Report: Linda Sarsour said it at the convention of the Hamas-linked Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) over the July 4 weekend. She denounced the Trump administration, saying: “Why, sisters and brothers, why are we so unprepared? Why are we so afraid of this administration and the potential chaos […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Yes, Islamic Terrorism Really Is Islamic
Ibn Warraq’s new book makes clear the irrefutable case. My latest in PJ Media: It is a symptom of the denial and willful ignorance that blankets the present age that this book even had to be written, and that Ibn Warraq, a historian and social theorist of preeminent insight and wisdom, should have had to […]