The condition of American border detention centers “reminds us of the concentration camps of the Second World War,” stated Khizr Khan this past July 4 at Thomas Jefferson’s historic Monticello estate near Charlottesville, Virginia. This Holocaust-trivializing hyperbole was among the controversial statements at Monticello’s annual new citizen oath ceremony that indicate the disturbing questions surrounding […]
Duke Professor Omid Safi: Islam for 1,400 Years Has Had Clear Emphasis on “the Sanctity and Dignity of Human Life”
In late June, Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, announced by way of riposte to Donald Trump’s warnings to Iran not to renew its nuclear weapons program, that there was no need for such warnings, for Islam itself forbids such a program. This same statement has been made several times in the past, ever since 2010, […]
Some Questions for Linda Sarsour
Linda Sarsour is back in the news. What nasty craziness, or crazy nastiness, is it this time that brings her, just as she intended, to our attention? This time it is for her straight-faced claim that Jesus was not a Jew, but a “brown-skinned Palestinian.” Of course this isn’t her claim alone; it’s a staple […]
Iranian ayatollah to address Muslim Congress in Phoenix, claims “Islam guarantees human rights”
“Islam is the religion of humanity and guarantees human rights.” Unless, of course, you’re a woman, or a non-Muslim, or in any of the other groups for whom Sharia prescribes institutionalized discrimination and harassment. Why is the Muslim Congress having an Iranian ayatollah address its conference in Phoenix? Will he lead them in screams of […]
Robert Azzi, Novahantonian Propagandist for Islam: How to Limit His Lie-Ability
The comments below are based on some brief notes taken by attendees at three “‘Ask-A-Muslim” events recently staged by Robert Azzi, a Muslim who travels around New Hampshire to meet, at schools, town halls, churches, and other venues, with non-Muslims who are encouraged to ask him “anything at all” about Islam. Here are three of […]
Ground Zero Mosque Wife Now Expert Witness in Jihad Terror Trials
Our current state of counterterrorism is such that Robert Spencer, Steven Emerson, Patrick Poole, Dave Reaboi, John Rossomando, Stephen Coughlin, or Philip Haney would be extremely unlikely to be invited as experts on terrorism. The wife of the Ground Zero Mosque Imam though? Sure. Come on down and tell us that ISIS supporters don’t understand […]
Todd Green, “Islamophobia” expert, claims Christianity is “an oppressive political system bent on discrimination”
Todd Green is “associate professor of religion at Luther College and a former advisor on Islamophobia at the U.S. State Department.” Imagine wasting your life being an expert on “Islamophobia,” a propaganda term coined to intimidate people into thinking it wrong to oppose jihad terror. Here he calls me an “anti-Muslim hate speaker” for opposing […]
Debbie Almontaser: Misleading While Muslim
The politics of a Yemeni-American educational activist and by now mainstream Democrat. At a recent appearance in Washington, D.C., leading Muslim-American educator Debbie Almontaser hawked her new book, Leading While Muslim: The Experiences of American Muslim Principals After 9/11. The book grew out of her own personal experiences as the founding principal of the long-troubled […]
Imran Khan on the Unfairness of Linking Islam to Terrorism
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan recently attended a meeting of Muslim states in Mecca, where he delivered himself of some thoughts on the unfairness of blaming Islam for terrorism. He asserted, not for the first time, that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism. No one ever blamed Hinduism for Tamil Tigers’ bombings or Japanese […]
New Zealand leader slams suggestions that jihad terror in Sri Lanka was linked to Christchurch
“Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has criticised suggestions Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were retaliation for the Christchurch mosque shootings, saying his country is being “misused”. Sri Lankan Deputy Minister for Defence Ruwan Wijewardene last week said early investigations had revealed the bombing of churches and hotels that killed 253 people had been in revenge […]