“Deputy Interior Minister Laurent Nunez earlier told Inter radio station that authorities could not confirm that the suspect had ‘terrorist motivations.’” Perhaps to admit the obvious would show Nuñez, and the French authorities in general, to be so catastrophically feckless and willfully ignorant that they just can’t bring themselves to do it. At least Strasbourg […]
France: Strasbourg jihad mass murderer was “radicalized” in practice of Islam, but cops still searching for motive
“The terrorist motivation of the act, as we speak, is not yet established,” said Laurent Nuñez, the deputy interior minister. But Nuñez also said this of Strasbourg jihad mass murderer Cherif Chekatt, who is not referred to by name in this article: “He had several stays in prison, and it is during those stays that […]
Los Angeles criminal case against Muslim who tried to run over Jews suspended: “questions about his mental health”
“Mohamed was arrested Nov. 23 after police say he shouted anti-Semitic slurs toward a crowd of worshippers exiting Congregation Bais Yeshuda in Hancock Park. Investigators said Mohamed tried to run down two men with his car before speeding away and crashing.” However, “Mohamed’s family has said he holds no hatred toward the Jewish community or […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: J.K. Rowling On Antisemitism and Her Ignorant Twin On Islam
It’s always of interest when someone well known outside of politics, and whose views you do not know, suddenly reveals himself or herself as being eminently sensible on the fraught subjects of Israel and antisemitism. I don’t know much about the designer Karl Lagerfeld — only that he designs dresses for Chanel — but when […]
When a Christian reads the Quran for the first time — with blinkers on
Wishful thinking, like cowardice, is pandemic these days, but both could be dangerous. “The first thing that caught my attention was how non-violent it was. I have to part ways with Robert Spencer here. There are a few violent passages, but it’s usually in a war context so its not a big deal. Surah 9 […]
UK’s top prosecutor refuses to use the phrase “Islamic terrorism,” meets with pro-jihad Islamic apologists
The intrepid Hill says it would be “‘fundamentally wrong’ to attach terrorism ‘to any of the world religions.” All right. But who, exactly, is doing the attaching here? Islamic jihadis routinely point to the Qur’an and Muhammad to justify their actions and appeal to peaceful Muslims. And the Qur’an itself exhorts Muslims to “strike terror […]
CNN’s Don Lemon doubles down on false claim that white men are “biggest terror threat in this country”
“The evidence is overwhelming,” insists Lemon. But is it, really? There are several reasons why it is a false claim that “right-wing extremists” are a bigger threat to Americans than Islamic jihad terrorists. “Lemon pointed to a recent Government Accountability Office report that shows that since the 9/11 attacks in 2001, far-right violent extremists have […]
Oxford University researchers say “religious violence is pretty rare in our history,” hunt for its causes
These Oxford University researchers, like most other academics today, dismiss out of hand the possibility that religious violence could stem from the actual teachings of a particular religion. Then, having rejected that idea, they cast about for another explanation for it. This study focused upon the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which was a political struggle […]
Pope Francis compares “Populists” to Hitler, calls for open doors to all migrants
So-called “populist” groups have arisen in response to the hijrah and the subsequent descent of Europe into chaos. In comments that would suggest the Pope has taken leave of his sanity: Pope Francis adopted his toughest stance ever against populism…comparing populists to Adolf Hitler and suggesting that populism caused the Second World War. It is […]
France: New police and intel top dog says Islam is “a religion of happiness, love, like the Catholic religion is”
Feel the love: “And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out; persecution is worse than slaughter. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, kill them — such is the recompense of unbelievers, but if […]