Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party in the U.K., apparently is rising in the polls and has a chance to defeat Theresa May for Prime Minister in the upcoming elections. As we all know, Theresa May has been a disaster on the subject of Islam. She has insisted that the Islamic State’s “actions […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Olivier Roy, “One of France’s Top Experts On Islamic Terrorism” (Part II)
In his recent book “Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State,” Roy argues that about 70 percent of these young people have scant knowledge of Islam, and suggests they are “radical” before even choosing Islam. He dubs them “born again Muslims” who lead libertine lives before their sudden conversion to violent fundamentalism. — […]
Florida museum celebrates the jihad conquest of the Hagia Sophia
“In addition to their renowned patronage of architecture, which yielded the conversion of the Church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a congregational mosque…” Obscene. Here is that “renowned patronage of architecture” in action: The church was still thronged. The Holy Liturgy was ended, and the service of matins was being sung. At the sound […]
The real cause of Islamic terrorism: “We are motivated by our religion, by our Qur’an and Sunnah”
Every time a new jihad attack strikes innocents in the West, media and politicians get busy blaming “bad integration,” “poverty,” “marginalization,” “racism,” etc. For some reason, it never occurs to them to ask if Islamic terrorism has anything to do with Islam and the increasing number of followers of this particular religion in our countries. […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Olivier Roy, “One of France’s Top Experts On Islamic Terrorism” (Part I)
Olivier Roy, who refuses to believe that the acts of Muslim terrorists might actually be explained by reference to Islam, its texts and teachings, was quick off the mark in explaining the Manchester bombing: Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a Manchester pop concert this week, started life advantageously enough: to […]
Public Health Association of Australia: No “inherent link between Islam and terrorism”
“The PHAA urges the Committee to include a recommendation in its report that disavows the notion that there is any inherent link between Islam and terrorism….The Committee should condemn any politician who refers divisively (expressly or implied) to any religious or ethnic group for the purpose of political gain.” Will the Committee also disavow those […]
UK: Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says jihad mass murderer was “not a Muslim”
His friends described Salman Abedi as a “devout” Muslim. He had memorized the entire Qur’an. But the imam Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, says he was not a Muslim. On what grounds? On the grounds that he committed jihad mass murderer, and as everyone knows, Islam is a Religion of Peace. Any Muslim who commits […]
New York Times on Manchester jihad mass murderer: “No one yet knows what motivated him to commit such a horrific deed”
If Salman Abedi had been a “right-wing extremist,” the Times, and the world, would know right now. But when the killer is a devout Muslim who knows the Qur’an by heart, was known to British authorities as a terror threat, and had been in touch with a recruiter for the Islamic State (ISIS), the New […]
Australia: Leader of Muslim group that calls on non-Muslims to be killed warns of “Holocaust” against Muslims
Media were banned from attending the extremist group’s Sunday conference ‘Hatred rising: Living Islam in a hostile West’ to possibly stop journalists from asking questions about their global constitution, which calls for ex-Muslims to be killed. Well stated. This shocking propaganda is being pushed by the leader of the Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir. It is […]
UK’s May vows to “defeat the ideology that often fuels this violence,” while refusing to name what it is
“The Prime Minister vowed to ‘defeat the ideology that often fuels this violence’, saying: ‘We struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish but as an opportunity for carnage.’” Ms. May, here is a clue to help you comprehend that kind […]