This incident shows up, among other things, the uselessness of vetting procedures. Western authorities are looking for jihadis while denying the motivating ideology that fuels the jihad: it’s a recipe for letting mass murderers into one’s country. This one was with the Free Syrian Army, which a few years ago was the “moderate” favorite of […]
Imam praised as moderate by New York Times arrested for Islamic State ties
This underscores yet again what I have said for years: there are sincere Muslim reformers, but there are also a great many deceivers (“War is deceit,” said Muhammad), and it is essentially impossible to tell one from the other. What is even worse about this story is that policy analysts read the New York Times […]
Former Obama DHS official on Islamic State slaughtering Egyptian Christians: “how what goes around comes around”
Mohamed Elibiary, who believes that the U.S. is an Islamic country and that the return of the caliphate is “inevitable,” was part of Obama’s Homeland Security Advisory Council. There have been questions about Mohamed Elibiary’s true allegiances for years. For quite some time, his Twitter profile incorporated the pro-Muslim Brotherhood hand signal, “R4BIA.” And years […]
Quilliam’s Julia Ebner says Robert Spencer is Alt-Right: Where’s the evidence?
I don’t know Simon Harris, but this video is well done, and I thank him for it. The article of mine from which Harris reads in this video is here; sometimes it’s a bit difficult to tell whether he is quoting Ebner or me, so you can refer to that for reference. Meanwhile, I have […]
Quilliam Foundation smears Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller as “alt-right leaders”
Julia Ebner is a senior researcher at the Quilliam Foundation, which is supposedly dedicated to countering “extremism” and defending human rights. Quilliam is supposed to be an exponent of moderate Islam, but there are some anomalies. It is named for Abdullah Quilliam (1856-1932), who rather than being “moderate” himself, called for a worldwide caliphate under […]
“May Allah curse you, you pig, you dog,” says Muslim to imam who opposes jihad terror
Whether Tawhidi is sincere or not, it is noteworthy that publicly opposing “radicalization” and the imposition of Sharia in Australia gets him curses from his fellow Muslims there. This is why we see so few genuine Muslim reformers: those who do speak out frequently get abuse from other Muslims who ostensibly oppose jihad terror. In […]
Pence: “Indonesia’s tradition of moderate Islam, frankly, is an inspiration to the world”
Some recent headlines from this inspiring beacon of moderate Islam: Indonesia: Sharia vigilantes beat gay couple, then turn them over to religious police Sharia Indonesia: Woman gets 100 lashes for sex outside marriage “Moderate” Indonesia gives “messiah” five years in prison for “blasphemy” Indonesia’s Aceh province lashes 339 people with cane in 2016 for violations […]
Canadian imam Syed Soharwardy: Sharia is the solution, jizya not discriminatory
The prominent Canadian imam Syed Soharwardy is at it again, spreading dawah and preaching sharia. He also proclaims that “the rights of women and non-Muslim minorities are completely protected by the Islamic Shari’a.” One need only look at world news, history, and traditional as well as current Islamic jurisprudence, and it is abundantly clear that […]
UK: Muslim who claimed killing British soldiers was justified becomes leader of Muslim group with influence in government
An extremist who said he supported the killing of British soldiers has been appointed a director of a controversial Muslim pressure group with influence at Westminster…..Azad Ali, head of community development and engagement at Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend), said the Westminster Bridge attack last month was ‘not terrorism’. According to RT, MEND is a […]
Australia: Muslims slam imam as “fake Muslim” for opposing Sharia and obeying Australian law
Here is yet another installment in our periodic series: why we don’t see more genuine Muslim reformers. “‘I’m considered fake because I would die for Australia’: Imam slams extremists who claim he’s a fraud for following Australian law over Sharia and not wanting a Muslim state,” by Kate Darvall, Daily Mail Australia, April 1, 2017 […]