The latest news about Tariq Ramadan, one of the world’s “foremost intellects,” “one of the most renowned of Islamic scholars,” named by TIME in 2004 as “one of the 100 most influential people in the world today,” comes from Switzerland. It’s not about the four underage pupils he taught in a Geneva high school in […]
The Curious Case of Mubin Shaikh, the “Undercover Jihadi” (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this series of articles, I further examine the efforts of a Muslim activist and self-proclaimed counter terror expert named Mubin Shaikh. Part 1 of this series of articles can be found HERE. This article primarily addresses Mubin Shaikh’s claims that Islamic theology forbids offensive jihad warfare, and his questionable approach to […]
Iranian scholar: “There is a huge industry of so-called ‘moderate’ Muslim scholars, who are actually apologists for Islam”
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh is a board member of Harvard International Review and president of the International American Council on the Middle East; he is also the author of the extraordinary book A God Who Hates Women: A woman’s journey through oppression and another, Peaceful Reformation in Iran’s Islam: A life story of struggle and poverty, […]
Accuser of Tariq Ramadan Beaten and Threatened: “Next Time It Will Be Gasoline”
The latest explosive charge involving Tariq Ramadan comes from “Marie,” the third woman to accuse the “world’s foremost Muslim scholar” and “towering intellect” of rape. She has said she was beaten at her home shortly after filing her complaint against Ramadan. Two men forced their way into the lobby of her building on March 25. “Tariq […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Tariq Ramadan and Hush Money
A few months ago, Tariq Ramadan was the golden boy of Islamic apologists, offering his suave taqiyya to audiences throughout Western Europe. He held a prestigious post as a professor at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, with a chair funded especially for him by the Emir of Qatar. And at the same time, he held a […]
Mubin Shaikh’s moderate Muslim meltdown
Recently Jihad Watch ran a piece by ex-Muslim Saleem Smith about Mubin Shaikh, the “moderate” Muslim spokesman in Canada, entitled “The Curious Case of Mubin Shaikh, the “Undercover Jihadi.” Longtime Jihad Watch readers may recall that I debated Mubin Shaikh in 2013 about whether or not the Qur’an teaches warfare against unbelievers. You can see […]
Norwegian journalist pens book blaming “racism” for Muslim sisters’ turn to jihad
Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad is not a “damning indictment of Western societies,” as is claimed in the title of the Express article below. It is a damning of those Westerners who are ignorant about how jihadists propagate their doctrine and operate. The blaming of Westerners for pushing Muslim youth into the jihadi camp […]
Foreign Policy, in touting Saudi Arabia’s reforms, shows how little has really been done
“War is deceit,” said Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.268), and Mohammed bin Salman is a knowledgeable and devout believer, but of course even to raise the question of whether Saudi Arabia is trying to deceive the West in order to gain its support against Iran would be “Islamophobic.” Deceive us? Inconceivable! Nonetheless, in enthusiastically cheerleading for Mohammed […]
Yemen: Muslims murder Muslim cleric known for his moderation
Here is yet another example of why we do not see more genuine Islamic reform. “Prominent cleric shot dead while praying in Yemen’s Hadhramaut,” Al Arabiya, March 2, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Unknown gunmen assassinated cleric Al Habib Aidroos Ben Abdullah bin Sumait, a prominent scholar and imam of Al-Mehdhar Mosque in […]
Alliance of Virtue or Alliance of Vice?
A product of Washington, DC’s February 5-7 Alliance of Virtue for the Common Good conference, the Washington Declaration proclaims a “revived Alliance of Virtue [AoV], global in nature.” Yet the declaration’s platitudes on interfaith harmony demand careful examination, as they are largely the brainchild of Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, a Mauritanian-born Islamic cleric with a […]