Hassen Chalghoumi is an imam in Drancy, France who is that rare thing: a real, and not a feigned, Muslim moderate. That is, he dares to preach respect for Jews, calls for peace with Israel, asks that commemoration of the Holocaust be respected, and deplores the antisemitism displayed by so many Muslims. For this […]
Islam’s Religion of Power
“Religiously motivated to the extreme, Islamists usually rally around charismatic religious leaders for guidance and motivation,” wrote Yossef Bodansky in his 1999 book, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America. Contrary to common claims that Islam means peace, this House Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare director emphasized the role that political […]
The After-Life of Tariq Ramadan
While Tariq Ramadan is still waiting for his trial in Paris, following the accusations of violent and repeated rape by four women, he appears to be holding up well. He’s still receiving, thanks to the Emir of Qatar, about half a million dollars a year; he and his wife have bought two luxury apartments in […]
Tariq Ramadan: News Update
When last we heard about Tariq Ramadan, at one time the most famous Muslim “public intellectual” in the Western world, he had fallen from grace. The curtain was pulled back and as one woman after another came forward to charge him with rape, he was revealed to be not only a serial rapist, but […]
Egypt: 80-year-old Islamic scholar jailed for saying Islam was spread by conquest
An 80-year-old Egyptian Islamic reformist scholar was jailed for telling the truth that Islam was spread by conquest, as obvious as truth is. Ahmed Abdo Maher was being “Islamophobic” in the view of those who judged his case. They found him guilty of “contempt of Islam,” which in the view of Islamic supremacists everywhere is […]
UK: Mosque complains after councillor stops working with its manager, who praised Taliban prayer
You see, in shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain today, you can’t even try to distinguish “extremists” from “moderates” without committing “Islamophobia.” “City council leader ‘blacklists’ Small Heath mosque manager over Taliban post,” by Jane Haynes, Birmingham Mail, November 4, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The leaders of a city mosque have written a letter […]
France: Imam claims Qur’an translations are ‘not faithful to the original texts and have generated an inhuman Islam’
Hocine Drouiche is an “Islamologist specializing in political Islam. Former vice president of the Conference of Imams of France and candidate for the leadership of the Grand Mosque of Paris.” He must know, therefore, that what he is saying is false. If anything, translations of the Qur’an into Western languages are milder than the Arabic […]
Australian Federation of Islamic Councils invites two members of Taliban to online forum, cancels after outcry
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet says his government is “relieved for all members of our community that this event has been cancelled and look forward to a continued constructive relationship with AFIC.” The possibility that this might reveal that the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils is not as moderate as he may assume doesn’t […]
Ex-Muslim Reveals What the Qur’an Says About Moderate Muslims
The Qur’an in numerous passages describes lax, or moderate Muslims, as being hypocrites deserving of scorn and persecution. Speaking as a former Muslim, this raises grave concerns when one considers realities such as Islam’s death penalty for apostasy and the jihad imperative. For a multitude of reasons (though chiefly for disbelief in or lack of adherence to […]
Sweden: Muslim cleric says there are Salafists in every mosque, spreading hatred of Christians and Jews
If this is true or even half-true, what will Sweden be like in ten years? Fifteen? Fifty? “Former preacher: There is a Salafist in every Swedish mosque,” translated from “Avhoppade predikanten: Finns en salafist i varje svensk moské,” SVT, September 22, 2021: For 20 years, Anas Khalifa was one of the most influential Salafist preachers […]