Professor Katherine Bullock from the University of Toronto said: from an Islamic point of view this absolutely nothing radical about wanting Caliphate or wanting Sharia. These are completely normal traditional points of view. Bullock is right. Normative Islam is political Islam. One need only look at Islamic states to understand the nature and centrality of […]
Clarion Project tries to show that Islamic reform is possible, instead only shows how easy it is to be fooled
The Clarion Project, of which moderate Muslim Zuhdi Jasser is an advisory board member, has rushed to his aid in our recent controversy, claiming to demonstrate in this piece that reform of Islam is not only possible, but happening now in all sorts of ways I am not acknowledging. Now, I have never said Islamic […]
Zuhdi Jasser’s assistant attended Garland jihad shooters’ mosque in Phoenix
Yesterday I cited professional moderate Muslim Zuhdi Jasser’s endorsement of pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist Alija Izetbegovic as an example of the problematic aspects of the entire moderate Muslim enterprise. Here is more. At Jasser’s American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) website, the “Our Team” page contains biographies of two people: Jasser himself and Courtney Lonergan, AIFD’s […]
Zuhdi Jasser endorses pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist, says “no greater jihadists” than foes of jihad terror
There has for many years been a difference of opinion among those who are aware of the reality of the jihad threat. There are those who believe it very important, indeed, crucial to the success of our efforts to resist the global jihad and Sharia supremacism, to include reformist Muslims in them, and to support […]
India: Muslim group offers $15,000 reward to anyone who beheads Muslim “moderate” Tarek Fatah
Tarek Fatah is a paradoxical figure; indeed, he personifies the paradoxes of most moderate Muslims. He speaks out strongly against Muslim Brotherhood organizations and Sharia encroachment in the West, but is extraordinarily concerned at the same to absolve Islam of all responsibility for the crimes done in its name and in accord with its teachings. […]
Muslim Reform Group Reached Out to 3,000 US Mosques, Got Only 40 Responses
In December 2015, a small group of Muslims met in Washington, DC to discuss the reform of Islam. With media fanfare, they named themselves the Muslim Reform Movement (MRM), issued a Declaration for Muslim Reform, and became the new face of “Muslim reformers.” There was just one fundamental problem: the MRM never had support from […]
“Moderate” Malaysia: Tens of thousands rally to support adoption of Islamic penal code
“Critics of the bill warn that it could pave the way for full implementation of hudud, which prescribes punishments such as amputations and stoning, and disrupt the fabric of Malaysia’s multi-cultural and multi-religious society. ‘The so-called “empowerment” of the Shariah Court will only exacerbate the unequal treatment of Muslims and non-Muslims before the law,’ said […]
Netherlands: University of Amsterdam “Jihadi Brides” researcher was Islamic State “cyber-jihadist”
How reliably to distinguish “extremists” from “moderates” no one in the West has yet figured out, but you’re a racist, bigoted Islamophobe if you point out the fact. “Report: ‘Jihadi Brides’ Researcher at Dutch University Is Islamic State Sympathiser,” by Jack Montgomery, Breitbart, January 19, 2017: A researcher at the University of Amsterdam who helped produce […]
Boston: Support for Al Qaeda jihadis preached at New England’s largest mosque
A newly unearthed video reveals that when the politicians leave and the media cameras are no longer rolling, the ISBCC mosque serves as a forum for supporters of convicted Al Qaeda terrorists who use the mosque to call for jihad against America and demand that Muslims fight to bring this nation “to its knees.” This […]
Sam Harris replies to Robert Spencer, Spencer responds
As Sam Harris notes here, he is responding in this piece to one I wrote about him last week. My further responses are interspersed below. “Reply to Robert Spencer,” by Sam Harris, December 16, 2016: Over at Frontpage Magazine and Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer has published an essay titled “Sam Harris and the Collapse of […]