Over at Gatestone Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I discuss why it is that secular, moderate, or liberal Muslims””so long as they define themselves as Muslims“”are destined to lose the debate with their more radical brethren, in the context of ongoing events in Egypt: In the ongoing conflict between those Egyptians who strongly oppose a Sharia-based constitution””moderates, […]
Flashback: Anwar al-Awlaki leading Muslim prayers on Capitol Hill, 2002
In 2002, PBS produced a documentary on the life of Muhammad, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet. I wrote in a National Review article at the time that the documentary presented an “attractively packaged, sanitized version of Islam.” It features Islamic apologist Karen Armstrong; Daisy Khan, the deeply deceitful “moderate” who shot to national prominence in […]
Russia: Convert to Islam kissed her daughter goodbye and blew herself up at home of Muslim cleric who denounced violence
Aminat Kurbanova’s conversion to Islam was fatal for her and seven others. The official dogma in the West is that those who do violence in the name of Islam misunderstand its peaceful teachings. Yet no Muslim organization anywhere in the West has any program to teach against the understanding of Islam that led Aminat Kurbanova […]
Reza Aslan refuses to speak out for Islamic “moderation,” says bin Laden’s version of Islam is valid
In this revealing video clip, interview Cameron Kash presses noted “moderate” Muslim Reza Aslan on why there is no visible and organized movement of moderate Muslims working against the jihadist understanding of Islam. Aslan, arrogant as ever, first trots out the tired line that those who think that peaceful Muslims aren’t speaking out against jihadists […]
Muslim Brotherhood preacher: “If anyone tells you that he is liberal, tell him directly that he is infidel.”
You mean fascist savage “liberal Muslim” Mona Eltahawy spray-painted our AFDI pro-freedom ad for nothing? She still doesn’t get back into the good graces of the Islamic supremacists? Maybe she will have to strap on a bomb vest. “Liberal, secular ‘infidels’ must be prosecuted, says Brotherhood preacher,” from Egypt Independent, September 30 (thanks to Benedict): […]
Where are British moderate Muslims?
Where are British moderate Muslims? by Enza Ferreri If there are moderate Muslims in the UK, this is the moment for them to make their voices heard. Pakistan’s Railways Minister has offered $100,000 for the murder of the filmmaker of The Innocence of Muslims. In any civilized country, he would be not only fired from […]
Christian Science Monitor on jihad murder of ambassador: “Muslims must assert their faith’s teachings of peace and mercy as the answer to such hate”
How many hundreds, thousands, of articles have we seen since 9/11, calling upon the peaceful, moderate Muslims to stand up and show themselves and act decisively and effectively against the jihadis? And how many peaceful, moderate Muslims have stood up and shown themselves and acted decisively and effectively against the jihadis? “Islam’s answer to the […]
Denmark: “Anti-radicalism” conference to feature framer of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Yet again showing the absurd avidity of so many non-Muslims in West to find and feature “moderate Muslims,” and the corners they paint themselves into when they accept at face value the self-descriptions of all too many “moderates.” “Minister cancels appearance at anti-radicalism conference,” by Peter Stanners in the Copenhagen Post, September 6 (thanks to […]
Germany: Peaceful Muslims find anti-militant posters “offensive”
Now wait a minute. Aren’t we all supposed to believe, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” that the vast majority of peaceful Muslims abhor jihad terrorism and support law enforcement efforts to root out jihad terrorists from their midst? “German Muslims say anti-militant posters offensive,” by Chris Cottrell for Reuters, September 5 (thanks to David): […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Malaysia: Publisher of banned book on reform in Islam to be hauled before Sharia court
Irshad Manji’s expansive and broad-minded Islam is her own creation, with no basis in Islamic tradition. Hugh Fitzgerald said it back in 2008: “Irshad Manji has certainly created her own private Islam. She is the child of Asian refugees from Uganda. She has never lived in a Muslim society. She has always enjoyed the freedoms […]