Sami al-Arian is the former Florida professor who turned out to be a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and who waged an immensely successful propaganda campaign charging that his prosecution was a manifestation of “Islamophobia” — until he pled guilty, that is. And Rashad Hussain was part of that campaign, although someone has tried to […]
Obama names special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the chief enemy of free speech in the world today
Of course, Obama has already shown that the OIC’s war against free speech doesn’t particularly bother him. “Obama Names Envoy to Islamic Group,” from Reuters, February 13: DOHA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was naming a special envoy to a top Islamic body to further Washington’s cooperation with […]
Secular Turkish PM wins Saudi “Prize for Service to Islam”
The Saudis clearly realize what the Western world is determined to ignore: that Erdogan has put Turkey on the path to discarding Kemalist secularism and becoming an Islamic state. “Turkey’s PM awarded by Arab world for ‘services to Islam,” from World Bulletin, January 12 (thanks to James): Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is announced […]
Egyptian court upholds 4-year sentence for blogger for criticizing Islam
These are the kinds of laws that the Organization of the Islamic Conference is working to bring to the West. “Egypt court upholds 4-year sentence for blogger,” from Reuters, December 22: CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court confirmed the four-year jail sentence imposed on an Egyptian student blogger for posting writings critical of Islam and […]
Turkish PM: “Islamophobia” is a crime against humanity
“Islamophobia,” a recent and politically manipulative coinage, is now a crime against humanity. Yet unique among crimes against humanity, it is within the power of its victims to end, or at least to curtail so severely as to make it virtually nonexistent. Here are five ways Muslims can end “Islamophobia”: 1. Focus their indignation on […]
Scholars from a country that doesn’t allow churches or synagogues slam Swiss minaret ban
Hypocrisy. That is, it is hypocrisy from a Western point of view. As far as these “scholars” are concerned, Islam is the truth, its truth is self-evident, and therefore the Swiss are obligated to accommodate it in a way that the Saudis are not obligated to accommodate non-Muslim religious observance. “Saudi scholars slam Swiss minaret […]
Ah, that explains it: OIC initiated the Goldstone Report
The egregiously pro-jihad and anti-Israel Goldstone Report turns out to have been initiated by the Organization of the Islamic Conference — which explains why it was egregiously pro-jihad and anti-Israel. The OIC, don’t forget, is the chief foe of the freedom of speech around the world today, and is making a concerted effort to criminalize […]
Louis and Mahathir
Louis Farrakhan is waning in influence these days, but he and his Nation of Islam should not be underestimated: his word still counts for a great deal among many, many Americans. And although neither Sunnis nor Shi’ites consider the Nation of Islam a proper or orthodox Muslim group, Farrakhan finds a great deal to admire […]