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Pope Francis to celebrate “Mass for Migrants” in Vatican basilica

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“Abandoned and helpless children.” Yes, that’s who these people are. Here are some: Somali Muslim migrant Mohammad Barry in February 2016 stabbed multiple patrons at a restaurant owned by an Israeli Arab Christian; Ahmad Khan Rahami, an Afghan Muslim migrant, in September 2016 set off bombs in New York City and New Jersey; Arcan Cetin, […]

Hugh Fitzgerald: How the Media Reported Trump v. Hawaii

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The reporters did themselves proud. Start with a visit to a Muslim neighborhood. Interview a proud new Muslim-American and presumed Striver, who is now overcome with sadness at the cruel news, and then go from there, interviewing other Muslims who are “just as devastated” by the decision in Trump v. Hawaii: Ali Alsubai got the […]

Professor: Sharia Marriage is No Bed of Roses for Women

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Contemporary Islamic apologists such as Georgetown University Professor John Esposito, his protégé Dahlia Mogahed, and political activist Linda Sarsour constantly whitewash sharia as benign and pro-women. In this context, Georgetown University law Professor Lama Abu-Odeh provides a refreshingly critical outlook on sharia and women, as shown by her June 21 discussion of sharia at Washington, […]

US Muslim leader claims “Islam vs. the West is the lie that keeps on giving”

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“On the far right,” says Salam al-Marayati, “Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Frank Gaffney and others making baseless claims about the incompatibility of Islam and the West increasingly find an audience and place in U.S. politics.” Islam as taught by its classic schools of jurisprudence teaches the death penalty for criticizing Islam and leaving Islam, the […]

Taliban denounces condemnations by Islamic scholars, justifies its jihad on Islamic grounds

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We are constantly told in the West that the Taliban and other jihad groups have nothing to do with Islam, and that they twist and distort the concept of jihad. In this statement, however, they respond to plans by Islamic scholars to denounce them by making their case on Islamic grounds. They deny intentionally targeting […]

“This book shows that the foreign policy establishment of the West is on the wrong track, and has been for decades”

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I was recently interviewed by Saurav Dutt about my new book, The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can preorder here. “Robert Spencer : The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS,” by Saurav Dutt, Medium, June 14, 2018: I sat down to speak with Robert Spencer about his hard hitting new book […]

Hugh Fitzgerald: Sweden, Islam, and the Call to Prayer

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In Sweden, Muslims have been demonstrating their menacing power. They have already managed to establish 61 No-Go zones, lawless areas where the Swedish government’s writ does not fully run. Firemen, sanitation men, and civil servants are now afraid to enter these Muslim-populated and Muslim-run zones without police escorts, while the police themselves do not enter […]

M-103 followup: Canadian government is taking “action” against “Islamophobia”

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A pricey plan of “action” by Canada’s Heritage Committee against “Islamophobia” is about to launch. It is in response to the controversial anti-Islamophobia Motion M-103, which deemed Canada to be a country with a “climate of fear” toward Muslims and in need of government help for this “fear” to be “quelled.” The Liberal Trudeau government […]

Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Anne Marie Waters Leaves the Left, Defends Freedom

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When the political elites betray the people, the people find new leaders. My latest in FrontPage: “This is not a clash between equally moral positions; it is a battle between freedom and oppression, compassion and barbarism, civilised behaviour and violence. We need to decide what side we are on, and fight for that side to […]

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