Egypt’s top Muslim cleric and head of Al Azhar, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, recently spoke before the religious representatives of some 50 nations during a Cairo-based conference. The sheikh demonstrated once again that he is a master of exhibiting one face to fellow Muslims — one that supports the death penalty for “apostates,” calls for the […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison students support religious freedom for Muslims, not for Christians
These interviews at the University of Wisconsin-Madison illustrate the stark double standard in American society — and likely in other Western countries as well: Muslims get preferential treatment, are judged by a different standard, and held to different expectations. Beyond the special treatment, Muslim migrants in Europe often get away with sex assaults, imams are […]
Reza Aslan’s agenda: showing Hinduism and Christianity as violent, Islam as peaceful
David Wood several years ago pointed out a feature of Reza Aslan’s work that, as time goes by, increasingly appears to be the central feature of all his work: he downplays or denies the violent aspects of Islamic teaching, while exaggerating or inventing violent elements in other religions. In No god but God, Aslan portrayed […]
UK: Tory MP says views of some conservative Anglicans “differ little from ISIL”
Michael Fabricant states: Simply opting for more of the same for the sake of unity amongst a diverse Communion – some of whose views differ little from ISIL – is a choice of quantity over quality. If anyone has come across reports of conservative Anglicans blowing up an “infidel” infant in explosives training, beheading unbelievers, […]
CBS poll: Two-thirds of Democrats say Islam and Christianity are equally violent
“’Conservatives claim that all terrorists are Muslim, but most violent attacks in the U.S. are carried out by white men,’” says Salon. This claim is based on a discredited study. Back in June 2015, the New America Foundation published a study that garnered enthusiastic international publicity, as it purported to demonstrate that “right-wing extremists” and […]
Rep. Brad Sherman likens Trump to ISIS, says both “bent on destroying civilization”
“Trump’s executive order plays right into the ISIS narrative. It says that there’s a clash of civilizations. It says that all of Islam is our enemy. ISIS, which has perhaps, that has a few hundred thousand followers dreams of convincing all of Islam — dreams of convincing 1.5 billion Muslims that they are at war […]
Austria: Muslim MP calls for Christian symbols ban after burka outlawed
The face veil is a threat to security, a symbol of oppression and an affront to women’s rights, which are protected in Western law. Even Angela Merkel said that the full-face veil should be banned in Germany “wherever it is legally possible.” The agenda of Muslim MP Muna Duzdar of the Social Democratic Party is […]
Netanyahu: Kerry drew “false moral equivalence” between Jerusalem construction and Palestinian jihad terrorism
“But the prime minister said Kerry drew a ‘false moral equivalence’ between construction in Jerusalem and Palestinian terrorism, and accused him of only ‘paying lip service’ in his condemnation of terrorism.” Indeed. Jihad terror and genocidal incitement from “Palestinians” have never troubled Obama or Kerry. They are much more concerned about Jews building homes in […]
“Robert Spencer is as dangerous to America as ISIS”
UPDATE: Both of the people who wrote the tweets below have now admitted that they were confusing me with Richard Spencer. Very well. Their easy and self-righteous fascism, and ridiculous equivalence of a man with obnoxious views with mass murderers and rapists, are still noteworthy and causes for disquiet. ——— It’s a familiar theme among […]
Letter to Rachel Maddow: Massive failure on the left
I sent this letter to Rachel Maddow three times over a period of two months (slight edits in each iteration) and have received no response from Maddow or her team. Dear Rachel, In your program on the Orlando terror attack, you made the incredibly important point that Muslims don’t have a lock on bigotry. You […]