“It’s a really hard thing to tell your government, ‘By the way, your policies are problematic.’ Governments are not comfortable talking about it because it forces them to be self-critical of their own policy — but it cannot be ignored.” Is Phil Gurski, former CSIS analyst, serious? Muslims join jihad groups because they find it […]
Democrats introduce bill to oppose Trump’s proposed Muslim immigration ban
“Beyer said the legislation is an attempt to ‘appeal to hope rather than fear.’” In our pusillanimous and puerile age, “fear” is not just a weakness of character, but a moral flaw: if you fear being beheaded or blown up by Islamic jihadists, you’re an evil person. And to be sure, fear is never to […]
“Assumption that there is a sharp divide between Good Islam and Bad Islam is a comforting but dangerous illusion”
“The assumption that there is a sharp divide between Good Islam and Bad Islam is a comforting [but] also a dangerous illusion. In the short run, holding such an assumption will make us feel good about our broad-mindedness. In the long run, we will be very sorry for having played this dangerous game of let’s […]
The Global Outbreak of Mental Illness
And you thought global warming was the biggest crisis the world faces. My latest in FrontPage: On Tuesday, a Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” and “Infidel, you must die” stabbed four people, killing one, at a train station near Munich. Nonetheless, Bavarian security officials immediately denied that he “had an Islamic extremist motive.” Then what caused […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Pope: Neither Holy, Nor Roman, Nor An Umpire
“Integration” And “Dialogue” Or, The Pope Accepts His Prize The Charlemagne Prize, awarded by the city of Aachen for services furthering the unity of Europe, was given this year to Pope Francis. His address upon receiving the prize is one more example of his inability to recognize, or possibly of his feeling compelled not to […]
Germany: Muslim who stabbed four screamed “Infidel, you must die” as well as “Allahu akbar”
“Koehler said investigators will follow up on statements the suspect made in questioning to determine whether he might have converted to Islam.” Yes, clearly he converted to Methodism. “Officials: Germany stabbing suspect mentally unstable,” by Matthias Schrader and Geir Moulson, Associated Press, May 10, 2016: GRAFING, Germany (AP) — A German man yelled “infidel, you […]
Germany: Victim was begging Muslim who stabbed four at train station: “I love God. I love Allah.”
Nothing to do with Islam here, folks. He was mentally ill. We have seen this kind of mental illness before: France: Muslim destroys Christmas decorations, screams “Allahu akbar”: “His mental state, quickly found wanting, required his placement in the specialized hospital Allonnes.” France: Muslim driver ramming pedestrians while screaming “Allahu akbar” was “absolutely not an […]
UK police chief apologizes for featuring Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” in counterterror training exercise
Good that he apologized. We all know that it is absolutely unheard-of for Muslims to scream “Allahu akbar” while committing acts of violence. This was clearly an inexcusable instance of “Islamophobia.” “Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons home affairs committee, added: ‘There was no need for the Chief Constable to apologise I regard it as […]
Reuters: “No evidence of Islamist motive” as Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” goes on stabbing spree in Germany
What does a jihadi have to do to get credit these days? If screaming “Allahu akbar” isn’t enough to make his motive clear, what is? Would he have to drop his knife and announce: “I follow Allah. I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State. That is why I did what I did”? No, a […]
German investigators: “No indication” Muslim who screamed “Allahu akbar” while killing man had “Islamic extremist motive”
“Bavaria’s top security official later said investigators had no indication so far that the suspect in the attack at the Grafing Bahnhof station…had an Islamic extremist motive. Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspect apparently had psychological problems and drug issues.” There is no doubt that many Nazi concentration camp guards had psychological problems and […]