On Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., WNYC, New York’s NPR affiliate, hosted “Islamophobia: A Conversation.” WNYC talk-show host Brian Lehrer moderated. The discussion took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, described on its webpage as “the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.” Both BAM and WNYC are taxpayer funded. The discussion […]
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Turkey uses the Islamic State as excuse to attack Kurds
Erdogan has been notably reluctant to attack the Islamic State, and when he finally does, he attacks the Kurds. Clearly he hopes that the Islamic State will take care of some of his enemies for him, and then Turkey can step in and reap the dividends. “Turkey Uses ISIS as Excuse to Attack Kurds,” by […]
Islam as a Vehicle for Arab Supremacism
Long ago, Bernard Lewis wrote about the “multiple identities” of the peoples of the Middle East. By that he meant that one could be Muslim, but not necessarily Arab — as Berbers and Kurds were also Muslim. One could be Arab, but not necessarily Muslim, or identify by language and culture with Arabdom, as some […]
Robert Spencer in PJM: Chattanooga Shooter Marinated in Self-Pity Over ‘Islamophobia’
Did the grievance culture fostered by Hamas-linked CAIR send the Chattanooga jihadist over the edge? My latest in PJ Media: Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, who murdered four Marines in a jihad terror attack in Chattanooga Thursday morning, attended Red Bank High School in the Chattanooga area. In his senior yearbook, he accompanied his photo with this […]
Independence Day: Why we fight
I have posted the substance of this year after year, and wasn’t even going to bother this year, with so many Americans so eager to throw their freedom away with both hands, but I decided to do so after all when I saw this cynical tweet from Harris Zafar, who has been unmasked more than […]
Strategies of Denial Revisited (Part III)
In opinion poll after poll, Muslims in Western Europe show an astonishing willingness to admit to their support for suicide bombing and for other forms of terrorism, not even in distant lands, but within the very countries they live in, and of course, given the likelihood that many will hide their real feelings, the true […]
The Triumph of the Islamic State
The murder of 27 tourists in Tunisia, the spectacle of the beheaded French citizen, who worked at an industrial plant near Lyon in France (he was known to his attacker, so a personal motive should not be excluded, but the methods chosen are those of ISIS, and the killer was on the police watchlist for […]
The New York Times and the Danish Election: Just a Few Little Things
Last Thursday, the New York Times reported on the Danish elections and the win by the Danish People’s Party, which came in second in votes but emerged the victor: In an election that turned on economic uncertainty and fierce debates over immigration, Danish voters on Thursday ousted their center-left government in a clear swing to […]
Islamic Hate for the Christian Cross
Last May in Italy, a Muslim boy of African origin beat a 12-year-old girl during school because she was wearing a crucifix around her neck. The African schoolboy, who had only started to attend the school approximately three weeks earlier, began to bully the Christian girl—“insulting her and picking on her in other ways all […]
Islam, and the Proposed Changes to the French Curriculum
How many Americans have followed the brouhaha in France over the Education Minister’s recent proposals to change the curriculum? I would think not many. But it is instructive what that young, pretty, not very experienced Najat Vallaud-Belkacem has proposed, and the reaction — overwhelming and furious — that her plans received. The Minister of Education […]