This was, of course, “Islamic-inspired terrorism,” but Ali Kadri and the Islamic Council of Queensland are at war with reality, and if you don’t fall in line with their demands, they will smear you as a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” This is how it works the world over, with the objective of intimidating all non-Muslims into […]
Reza Aslan: No divide between Islam and American culture, Islam in US is feminist and pro-gay
This Foreign Policy piece by Reza Aslan, never a formidable intellect, is total nonsense from beginning to end, but after all, Foreign Policy is the publication that thinks tweeting photos of gay marriage supporters will defeat the Islamic State, so we are not talking about a very high intellectual level here. Every assertion Aslan makes […]
Hamas accidentally admits that Muslims practice their faith “in complete freedom” in Jerusalem
Tripping over their own taqiyya, Hamas has just contradicted its own claims that the Israelis have for years been persecuting Muslims and preventing them from practicing Islam freely at the Temple Mount. In complaining about the recent installation of metal detectors at the Temple Mount, which they should find unobjectionable unless they want to take […]
Linda Sarsour invokes phony cemetery employee to explain why Jewish cemetery she raised $100,000 for got no money
Several months ago, Leftist media darling Linda Sarsour, smarting from revelations of her inveterate antisemitism, with great fanfare raised $100,000 for a Jewish cemetery where the tombstones had been vandalized. But where is the money? The Algemeiner last week ran a story entitled, “Colorado Jewish Cemetery Promised $100,000 by BDS Activist Linda Sarsour in March […]
“Holy War” is not an Islamic term?
Linda Sarsour’s use of the word jihad at the recent convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) raised quite a few eyebrows, with many non-Muslims claiming that Sarsour was calling for a “holy war” against the Trump administration. Many Muslims immediately responded by stating that those non-Muslims misunderstood the true meaning of the […]
Robert Spencer: Yes, Linda Sarsour Did Incite Violence Against President Trump
Of course she knows what every school of Sunni jurisprudence says about jihad. My latest in PJ Media: The hijabbed feminist heroine Linda Sarsour is in the center of another controversy, and the Leftist establishment media is again rushing to defend her. This time, she called for “jihad” against President Trump. The whole controversy, […]
UK: Muslim radio station broadcast 25 hours of al-Qaeda speeches calling for jihad
It was a mistake, they say now — a mistake that no one caught for 25 hours. As Muhammad said, “War is deceit.” “Muslim FM radio station broadcast 25 hours of Al Qaeda speeches calling for a holy war ‘by mistake,’” by Chris Brooke, Daily Mail, July 8, 2017: A Muslim radio station broadcast lectures […]
Mehdi Hasan: Only “the terrorists and the Islamophobes” say that jihad “refers to violence”
In the wake of Linda Sarsour’s declaration of jihad against President Trump, Leftists and Islamic supremacists have been taking the line that only “Muslim extremists” and “Islamophobes” say that jihad involves violence: Hamas-linked CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush said much the same thing: The clear intention here is not just to intimidate people into dismissing the idea […]
Belgium hunts jihad terror ring after discovery of massive weapons cache and police uniforms
“The items found in a lock-up garage sparked concern that potential attackers could have been plotting to pose as police and other officials.” After all, Muhammad said it: “War is deceit.” “Belgium hunts terror ring over ‘fake police’ plot,” by Greg Heffer, Sky News, July 6, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Police are […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “Learn Islam From Its Source” (Part II)
You can be sure that the Muslims teaching about the Qur’an will eagerly quote 5:32 and be careful, at the same time, to avoid quoting the verse that follows, 5:33, that glosses 5:32 and gives it its sense. Another favorite Qur’anic verse that the apologists like to quote is 2:256: “there is no compulsion in […]