A review of Bat Ye’or’s landmark book Eurabia from the New York Post, with thanks to all who sent this in: FOR over three decades, the historian Bat Ye’or has been a voice in the wilderness. Her warning that “jihad” had in the 1970s reemerged as a powerful force in much of Europe, fell on […]
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Dhimmitude from James Carroll: “The image of Muslims as prone to violence by virtue of their religion was mainly constructed across centuries by Europeans seeking to bolster their own purposes”
The ever-egregious James Carroll outdoes himself with this outstanding display of historical distortion and obfuscation, “The war against Islam,” from the Boston Globe (thanks to all who sent this in): AMONG THE factors leading to the French and Dutch rejections of the European constitution last week, none looms more ominously than the nightmare of antagonism […]
Hanson: Our Strange War
Victor Davis Hanson writes in NRO, with thanks to TR. The three-year-plus war that began on September 11 is the strangest conflict in our history. It is not just that the first day saw the worst attack on American soil since our creation, or that we are publicly pledged to fighting a method “” “terror” […]
Sina: The Fall of Europe
From the courageous and insightful Ali Sina at Faithfreedom.org, with thanks to Ethelred Smith: In an act of total insanity, the Council of Europe decided to ban criticism of Islam, equating it to anti-Semitism. Selcuk Gultasli in zaman.com wrote: “Anti-Islamism has been included in the text as a “dangerous inclination” that has to be fought […]
Fitzgerald: Are we at war with Islam?
Jihad Watch’s Hugh Fitzgerald considers the common claim by Muslim leaders that the West is at war with Islam: The more accurate formulation would be: the adherents of Islam, following correctly its tenets, as expressed in the Qur’an and Hadith, and in the example of Muhammad set out in the Sira, have been making war, […]
Spencer on Europe and Pope Benedict XVI
The good folks at FrontPage gave this one the title “Pope Benedict XVI: Enemy of Jihad.” I think that might be a trifle strong. Then again, I hope it isn’t. In choosing Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to succeed Pope John Paul II as Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church has cast a vote for the survival […]
“It seems the Europeans are ready to adopt a logical position”
I.e., dhimmitude over Iran’s nuclear aspirations. “U.S. ‘Hallucinating’ Over Nuclear Talks, Iran Says,” from Reuters, with thanks to Ted Robertson: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Washington is “hallucinating” if it thinks Iran will scrap its nuclear fuel production plans in return for economic incentives, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying Sunday. The United States offered […]
A reply to Stephen Schwartz’s “Reductio ad Jihadam”
Stephen Schwartz has published a piece entitled “Reductio ad Jihadam” in Tech Central Station today. Although Schwartz does not name me in the piece, he calls into question some of the core premises of my work, so I feel compelled to reply — although I am somewhat reluctant to do so. Stephen Schwartz has interpreted […]
Muslims staking out their place in Europe
From the Chicago Tribune via the KRT Wire, with thanks to all who sent this in: What is happening in Europe may provide a partial preview of what lies ahead for the United States and its fast-growing Muslim population. For the first time in history, Muslims are building large and growing minorities across the secular […]
Can Europe meet this crisis with its secular vision of tolerance?
I doubt it can, and I doubt it will survive without recovering its own spiritual resources — as I argued in Islam Unveiled. Rónán Mullen explores this idea in the Irish Examiner: “Christian Europe may have to rely on Muslims to keep the faith.” (Thanks to Anthony for the link.) HERE”S a question to ponder […]