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 […]
After getting physically attacked in Indonesia, Irshad Manji starts to realize that maybe it isn’t as “moderate” as she thought
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 of the West. But she feels, out of filial piety, and perhaps for other reasons, that […]
Egyptian presidential hopeful and former Hamas-linked CAIR official Bassem Khafagi: “I was the first to expose the notion of ‘moderate Islam,’ which is used as a means to canonize a ‘non-Islamic Islam'”
Hamas-linked CAIR constantly insists that Muslims in the U.S. are moderate, don’t subscribe to the elements of Islamic law that conflict with the U.S. Constitution, and reject and abhor Islamic terrorism. So did Khafagi change his mind about “moderate Islam” when he went back to Egypt? Or does he think Islam should be moderate in […]
Man bites dog: 36 Muslims demonstrate in favor of anti-terror efforts, media swoons
This is a classic example of how the mainstream media frames the narrative and tries to form the opinions of the American people: three dozen Muslims show up to support the NYPD, and the media coverage is intense and adulatory. These Muslims were saying what all Muslims in the U.S. should have been saying for […]
Verizon drops “moderate Muslim” cable channel Bridges TV A YEAR after owner beheaded his wife at TV studio
The gruesome irony of a TV station founded in order to present a moderate and benign view of Islam, whose founder then beheaded his wife in the studios of the station in a horrific honor killing, is finally drawing to a close. “Verizon drops Muslim cable channel A YEAR after owner beheaded his wife at […]
PA’s highest religious authority at “moderate” Fatah event: Muslims’ destiny is to kill Jews
How did the Mufti Muhammad Hussein escape being soundly rebuked by all the tolerance-minded peaceful “moderates” of Fatah? “PA’s highest religious authority, the Mufti, at Fatah event: Muslims’ destiny is to kill Jews,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, January 15: Last week, the principal Palestinian Authority religious leader, the […]
“Normal” Muslim compares New Hampshire to Hamas
This tweet from Ed Husain is no doubt tongue-in-cheek, but note its import: clearly it is an attempt to exonerate the jihad terror group Hamas by equating its murderous mission to the American Revolutionary slogan that is the motto of the state of New Hampshire. Simultaneously Husain minimizes the bloodiness of Hamas and advances a […]
Reza Aslan applauds hacking of site calling for withdrawal of advertising from All-American Muslim
Hot on the heels of my sounding the alarm about Islamic supremacist pseudo-moderate Reza Aslan, he obligingly drops his mask and shows his thuggish side in the tweet above. In it, he writes approvingly of the hacking of the Florida Family Association’s website. The FFA’s crime? Calling on advertisers to drop ads in the misleading […]
Transcript: Spencer/Fawstin/McCarthy on moderate Muslims, Restoration Weekend 2011
Q and A: This was originally supposed to be a continuation of my print debate at National Review (here and here) with Andrew McCarthy on Islam vs. Islamism. It was changed at the last minute into this panel with the peerless artist Bosch Fawstin and the Baroness Caroline Cox. While the change was disappointing on […]
French minister of Arab origin: “There is no such thing as moderate Islam”
UPDATE: The AFP piece below appears to be a mistranslation. Bougrab actually said “There is no such thing as a moderate Islamism”: il n’existe pas d’«islamisme modéré». So back down the rabbit hole we go. (Thanks to Tom.) Bougrab: Wonder of wonders, a truthful politician Jeannette Bougrab is quite right. There are people who identify […]