Remember this the next time you see a mainstream media story weeping over how Muslims in the areas from which the jihad murderers came are being regarded with suspicion. “City of Jihad: Chilling map reveals how Isis fanatics established network of terror where they could plot under noses of police,” by Jake Wallis Simons, Mailonline, […]
Al-Qaeda jihadis seize bases, weapons from U.S.-backed “moderate” Syrian rebels
“The Nusra Front arrested U.S.-supplied fighters belonging to FSA’s 30th division last summer and seized their weapons in a major embarrassment to the U.S. government’s train-and-equip program which was meant to support carefully vetted ‘moderate’ rebels,” says this report. That echoes the President’s language: “We have a Free Syrian Army and a moderate opposition that […]
Tajikistan seeks to tackle Islamic “extremism” with new classes for teenagers
The subhead to this article is: “Experts doubt the teaching will stop radicalisation.” No kidding, really? In the West, our leaders are staking our future on the success of such programs, even though they have never worked anywhere. A student says: “There are young people in the world who have joined extremist organisations. The main […]
Rubio: “Anywhere in the world you’re going see American men and women serving us in uniform that are Muslims”
Said Rubio: “If you go anywhere in the world you’re going see American men and women serving us in uniform that are Muslims. Anyone out there that has the uniform of the United States on and is willing to die for this country is someone that loves America.” Great. But there is reason to be […]
“Islamophobic hate crime” turns into Muslim terrorist investigation
It turns out that the murderer of Jalal Uddin was not an “Islamophobe,” as had originally been thought, but a supporter of the Islamic State who opposed Jalal Uddin’s “efforts to turn youngsters away from radical Islam.” An update on this story. “Anti-terror police called into Imam murder investigation after haul of ISIS material is […]
Belgian government to fund imams and Muslim consultants to “stimulate a moderate European form of Islam”
This effort is foredoomed; how much of Belgium will be left before the Belgian government figures that out? “Last year it was revealed that a young Moroccan imam who had preached in the officially recognised ‘moderate’ mosque, the Dome in Borgerhout, had gone to Syria with two other men to join the jihadists. Youssef El […]
“Islam can’t be modernized,” says world’s “greatest Arabic poet”
“When asked if he receives death threats from radical Islamists Adonis said: ‘Of course, but I do not care. For certain convictions people should risk their lives.’” Bravo. “‘Islam Can’t Be Modernised’ Says World’s ‘Greatest Arabic Poet,’” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, February 19, 2016: The writer regarded as the greatest Arabic language poet alive today […]
Aleppo bishop says ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels are killing civilians
The idea that these “rebels” are “moderate” is a fiction propagated by the Obama Administration in order to justify its arming and financing them. “Aleppo bishop says ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels are killing civilians,” Catholic Culture, February 18, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann): A bishop in Syria’s largest city has lamented the killing of civilians by “moderate” […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Ten Things to Think When Thinking of Muslim “Moderates”
Note from Robert Spencer: The “moderate” Muslim never dies, and I thought that this 2004 Hugh Fitzgerald discussion of the “moderate Muslim” bears re-posting now. There are some references clearly reflecting the year of composition, but not a word has been changed, for it has stood, we think, the test of time — certainly compared […]
Egypt jails Muslim scholar for suggesting Islamic reform
Why we don’t see more genuine and since Muslim reformers, chapter 3298: “Egypt jails Muslim scholar for suggesting Islamic reform,” Arutz Sheva, December 29, 2015: An Egyptian court has reduced the jail term for a Muslim scholar convicted of “insulting Islam” on his television show from five years to one, judicial officials and his lawyer […]