I discussed the Islamic reforms of Syed Ahmad Khan in my 2003 book Onward Muslim Soldiers. His life, as this retrospective shows, illustrates why there are so few Islamic reformers, and the enormous difficulties they face. “How the clergy wanted Sir Syed beheaded,” by Arif Mohammed Khan in the Times of India, October 19 (thanks […]
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Fjordman: A History of Algebra
Here is the latest from the erudite European essayist Fjordman: Diophantus of Alexandria is sometimes called “the father of algebra,” although the title is disputed. He worked in Roman Egypt in the third century of our era, but while he is usually assumed to have been a Greek, very little is known about his life. […]
Fitzgerald: What the collapse of Israel would cost
“Online reports of a study by the US Central Intelligence Agency cast doubt over the survival of Israel beyond the next two decades. Regardless of the validity of the report, with what is now known about the costs in blood and treasure that the U.S.-Israeli relationship has imposed on the U.S., its key ally, Israel […]
‘Jihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah its most sublime belief.’
“The root cause of the Gaza tragedy is not mentioned in the Goldstone/Gaza Report to the UN Human Rights Council: the genocidal Hamas Charter that teaches children hatred and death.” Comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative to the United Nations in Geneva for the Association for World Education (AWE) and the World Union for […]
Unlikely statement of the decade: “I started making my own wine after Hamas took power”
A pleasant workhorse of a wine, Abu Mohammed’s latest home-made vintage has fruity aromas and a core flavor of apples. He also offers a range of styles from minimal oak and bright fruit, to heavy oak or butter styles that go with a wide range of food, from hors d’oeuvres and salads to light meats […]
The ‘Road to Slavery’: OIC’s Stealth Jihad for over a Decade at the UN
“Freedom of thought, opinion and expression should not be curtailed at the United Nations by auto-censorship, as a result of doctrinal accusations of ‘blasphemy’ …” (19 May 1998 warning from AWE) Comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative to the United Nations in Geneva for the Association for World Education and the World Union for […]
Fitzgerald: Pakistan: A Brief And True Relation
The misplaced faith in Pakistan exhibited by many in Washington is not new; it has been going on for fifty years, ever since the first early infatuation, by various Dulles brothers and American generals, with fly-whisking ramrod-straight terry-thomas-moustachioed generals who kept assuring the Americans that “Islam is a barrier to Communism” and allowed themselves to […]
Christians emigrating as Lebanon increasingly “Islamized”
“Lebanon has always been a bastion of religious tolerance, but now it is moving toward the model of Islamization seen in Iraq and Egypt.” “Christians tempted to emigrate as Lebanon grows increasingly ‘Islamized,’” by Josie Ensor for Lebanon’s Daily Star, September 28 (thanks to AINA): BEIRUT: Christians are tempted to flee Lebanon as the country […]
Fitzgerald: The New York Times Scolds Erdogan, But Generally Remains An Ex-Ponto Pollyanna
On September 13, 2009, The Sunday New York Times carried a short editorial (“A Clear Assault on the Press”) about recent events in Turkey. It managed to scold the Erdogan government: Now Turkey has provided a particularly chilling example of another way to shut down independent voices — a fine of $2.5 billion that appears […]
At last, a readable and honest guide to the book that inspires terrorists worldwide: the Koran
The Conservative Book Club has made my new book, The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran, a main selection for this month. Here is their review of the book: If we don’t know the Koran, we can’t defeat the jihadists: Osama bin Laden, the masterminds of 9/11 and those who have perpetrated the over 13,000 […]