Over at Catholic Answers I clear away another set of detours, diversions and deceptions: Catholic apologists keep very busy clearing up common misconceptions about the Faith: explaining how the Church’s teaching, practice, and history are misunderstood—or willfully misrepresented—by its opponents. Islam, too, has its apologists. They also claim that many critiques of the Muslim religion […]
Muslim prof: “Shenanigans” of “so-called Islamic State” are “harmful to Islam”
“Dr. Farouk El-Baz is director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University. He served as science adviser to President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.” In this Boston Herald op-ed, he offers something we have seen before: a Muslim denunciation of the Islamic State that glosses over or ignores altogether the Islamic justifications for the […]
Muslim journalist says U.S. “taught the world how to slit throats”
This denial and projection are familiar tactics of Islamic supremacists. Back in 2006, I received a series of venomous emails from a prominent “moderate Muslim,” Professor Khaleel Mohammed of San Diego State University, accusing me of “shameless lies” about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. When I asked him to specify the lies, he responded: “As […]
Muslim groups demand mandatory retraining of all federal, state, local law enforcement officials who may have learned truth about jihad
They got the FBI and other federal agencies in 2011 to remove all mention of Islam and jihad in connection with terrorism from counter-terror training materials, and to fire counter-terror trainers (including me) who spoke the truth about how Islamic jihadists used the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and make recruits. Now, […]
International Business Times piece by Muslim photojournalist: There is nothing in Islam to justify Islamic State beheadings
“Zaid Al Fares is a photojournalist who moved from Raqqa, his home city, to Turkey following the Isis takeover.” Here he retails more deceptions and detours to try to claim that what the Islamic State is doing has nothing to do with Islam. Why does it matter whether or not what the Islamic State is […]
Australia: Muslim university researcher says there’s nothing Islamic about beheading, women have equal rights in Islam
Anne Aly’s statements are designed to comfort and reassure non-Muslims. And they no doubt do just that, unless the non-Muslims in question are knowledgeable enough about Islam to see through them. The assertion in the article’s headline, that “there is nothing Islamic about a beheading,” doesn’t appear in the article, but in any case it […]
Hamas top dog: We don’t kill civilians, but yeah, we killed those Israeli teens
He said that Hamas is against the killing of any civilians, and that the killing of the Israeli teens was not authorized by the Hamas leadership — although he did justify those killings. Nor did he explain why Hamas included the murders of Israeli civilians in its “Glory Record.” Here are some of Hamas’ self-described […]
Mehdi Hasan peddles Islam for dummies
UK media darling Mehdi Hasan frequently dissembles about how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah to justify hatred, violence and supremacism, and this piece is a particularly clever example, chock full of his trademark diversions and sleights of hand. Here he extrapolates from the apparent fact that two jihad […]
“Palestinians” list slain adult jihadi as 13-year-old civilian
The “Palestinian” jihad terrorists are waging a propaganda war against Israel that has been extraordinarily effective, bringing condemnation to Israel from the UN and the White House and innocent Jews attacked worldwide. In reality, Israel does its best to avoid civilian casualties. But no matter what Israel does, the “Palestinians” will portray them as killing […]
MPAC, Hamas-linked CAIR, ISNA, Muslim leaders condemn Islamic State
Here yet again we see Muslims condemning an act of jihad terrorism — in this case, the murder of James Foley by jihadis of the Islamic State — without addressing the Qur’anic case justifying the atrocity. Consequently, it is hard to see how any member or supporter of the Islamic State could watch this video […]