French journalist Caroline Fourest has published a book-length study of Tariq Ramadan’s sly duplicity, Brother Tariq. Fourest concludes that this much-lionized putative Muslim Martin Luther is actually anything but a reformer: in reality, Ramadan is “remaining scrupulously faithful to the strategy mapped out by his grandfather, a strategy of advance stage by stage” toward the […]
India: Islamic seminary chief fired for being too pro-Hindu
He demonstrated a bit too much Islamic Tolerance toward Hindus, and wanted to reform Islamic education by adding in science and computer programming. Yet another installment of Why We Don’t See More Muslim Reformers: “Muslim Seminary Chief in India Is Fired for Pro-Hindu Interview,” by Hari Kumar in the New York Times, July 24: NEW […]
Bodyguard who killed Karzai’s brother was trusted CIA contact before being recruited by Taliban
He “been working closely with US Special Forces and the CIA before he was recruited by the Taliban.” How is it that the Taliban were able to recruit him? When he went to work for the CIA, didn’t they determine that he rejected the Taliban’s ideology and version of Islam? In fact, they almost certainly […]
The truth behind Malaysia’s own ‘moderate’ brand of Islam: “Civilizational Islam” (AKA Islam Hadhari)
One of the centerpieces of Malaysia’s ‘moderate Muslim’ image is the concept of ‘Islam Hadhari’, which translates to ‘Civilizational Islam’. Malaysia’s Prime Minister often trots out this idea in speeches to appreciative and uncritical foreign audiences. The sheer contradiction in terms of this name notwithstanding — there is nothing civilised about Sharia nor Islam, but […]
Feds want to cut prison sentence of Hamas-linked one-time leading U.S. moderate Muslim
Abdurahman Alamoudi was once a power broker in Washington, and the leading “moderate Muslim” in the country. He was also an avowed supporter of the jihad terror groups Hamas and Hizballah. Here is background from a 2004 article by Daniel Pipes: In 2002, the spokesman for FBI director Robert Mueller memorably described the American Muslim […]
The Infidel’s Guide to Malaysian Politics
Having been an observer (and arguably a participant) of the Malaysian political scene for a number of years now, I think I’m in a position to be able to well describe that bizarre world to non Malaysians. Even jaded and learned students of politics elsewhere in the world might be in for a shock or […]
“Stop dreaming about the days when Turkey will become hyper-secular again. Those days are gone and Turkey”s Muslim identity is here to stay.”
Some time ago I had an interesting exchange with the self-described “liberal Muslim” Mustafa Akyol, after he declared his support for the jihad flotilla that Turkey sent against Israel. The Turkish columnist Burak Bekdil has characterized the “liberal” Akyol as a pro-Sharia, pro-Erdogan Islamic supremacist. But undoubtedly a sly one. Bekdil says that Akyol is […]
Netherlands: Professional “moderate Muslim” turns out to be pro-terror jihadist
Mohamed Azahaf has been playing the “moderate” game for years, as you can see from this 2006 Jihad Watch post. War Is Deceit Update: “Holland: Professional ‘Moderate Muslim’ Turns Out to be Radical, Pro-Terrorist Jihadist,” by Barry Rubin in Pajamas Media, June 17: Mohamed Azahaf, a 28-year-old immigrant from Morocco, was hired by the east […]
‘Moderate’ Malaysia update: Malaysia loves Hamas (and Hizbollah too)
Despite the fact that ‘Palestine’ is thousands of kilometres away from Malaysia, Malaysians are quite enamored with the ‘Palestinians’, as this photograph amply shows, which was recently taken by yours truly somewhere on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. Note the green and yellow ‘Hizbollah’ sticker in the lower left corner of the windscreen. Who says […]
New Tampa chief of Hamas-linked CAIR loves jihad terror group Hizballah, too
Surprise, surprise.”Peace, freedom, love, and, mutual respect” apparently don’t have the same meaning for Hassan Shibly that they have for non-Muslims. Hassan Shibly has stated that “Hezbollah is absolutely not a terrorist organization,” but is instead a “resistance movement,” such that “any war against them is illegitimate.” Ryan Mauro has much more on Shibly’s shady […]