“Isil’s so-called caliphate has no moral legitimacy; it is a regime of torture, arbitrary punishment and murder that goes against the most basic beliefs of Islam.” Which ones? Hammond didn’t say. Everyone knows already, don’t they? Everyone knows that what the Islamic State is doing has nothing whatsoever to do with the true, peaceful teachings […]
UK Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper: Islamic State holds “perverted, oppressive ideology that bears no relation to Islam”
Beheading people: “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) Subjugating women and girls: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As […]
Pamela Geller: Obama administration refuses to admit that Hamas is the same as the Islamic State
Still more denial and obfuscation of the reality of Islamic jihad from the Obama Administration. “Obama admin refuses to admit Hamas is ISIS,” by Pamela Geller, WND, August 24, 2014: On Wednesday, a reporter asked State Department spokesperson Marie Harf this question: “Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Hamas and ISIL were one and the same. […]
Foley’s parents “did not realize how brutal they were”
James Foley’s parents cannot be faulted for this naivete. After all, the official U.S. government line is that Islam is utterly peaceful and benign. This group calls itself “the Islamic State,” and is, of course, “extremist,” but the Foleys may have hoped that they would ultimately recall some of the vaunted peaceful, tolerant, benevolent and […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Sun TV: Foley beheading was just the beginning
Yesterday I was on Sun TV discussing the beheading of James Foley and the general denial of the reality of Islamic jihad. Video thanks to Aloha Snackbar 01.
Oklahoma counter-terrorism institute to close after losing funding
This makes sense. After all, the threat of terrorism is a thing of the past. There are no viable terror threats today. As Barack Obama said in June, “The world is less violent than it has ever been.” Why would the U.S. need a counter-terrorism institute in these calm, peaceful times? “Oklahoma Counter-Terrorism Institute To […]
“Barack Obama and David Cameron do not dare, even now, tell the truth about what Islamic State (or IS) are, or what motivates them”
Robin Harris argues here for increased U.S. and U.K. military action, combined with active aid to trustworthy local factions. The problem with this is that no local factions favor pluralism and Western-style republican rule. Massive military intervention would just be a holding action postponing the fighting of various Sunni and Shi’ite factions, as it was […]
Gingrich: “The president couldn’t even honestly describe ISIS last night because it goes against his ideology”
Gingrich is absolutely right. Indeed, no one in Washington is willing or able to speak honestly about the motives, goals, and beliefs of a group like the Islamic State. The entire Washington political establishment has bought into the idea that has been assiduously pushed by groups like the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: 5 Ways Muslims Have Contributed to ‘Building the Very Fabric of Our Nation’
Obama said it, so it must be true, right? My latest in PJ Media: Last Sunday, in his message congratulating Muslims on Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Barack Obama wrote: “Eid also reminds us of the many achievements and contributions of Muslim Americans to building the very […]
Hillary Clinton: Hamas uses human shields because “Gaza is pretty small”
Clinton shows no recognition whatsoever, any more than does anyone else in Washington, of Hamas statements such as “killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah” and “Whoever kills a Jew goes to heaven.” Neither she nor any other Washington policymaker shows any recognition of Hamas’s repeated calls for the destruction of Israel. […]