Many people have sent me this ABC story, but I haven’t been able to get it to come up all day — probably because of a Drudge link. But at last it has come in, and Ixnay has kindly sent along some helpful commentary. Here is Ixnay: This is one of the worst apologist articles […]
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When War Must Be the Answer
A provocative piece by James V. Schall, S.J., a professor of government at Georgetown University (Espositoland). From Policy Review, with thanks to Uncle Jeff: Many “peaceful” alternatives to war are unhappy ones. One of them consists in being conquered by a hostile power, another in complete civilizational destruction. We read of Muslim and Mongolian armies […]
Stoned to death… why Europe is starting to lose its faith in Islam
A reflection on the death of multiculturalism and the stoning in Marseilles from the Times Online, with thanks to Nicolei: DAYS before she was due to be married, Ghofrane Haddaoui, 23, refused the advances of a teenage boy and paid with her life. Lured to waste ground near her home in Marseilles, the Tunisian-born Frenchwoman […]
Arafat’s Legacy for Europe
“Arafat, Europe’s hero and the demonic agent of its downfall.” From Bat Ye’or in FrontPage: On October 29, 2004, just before the U.S. presidential election, Osama bin Laden delivered a taped speech that confirmed the jihadist strategy. His declaration “Any US state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security,” epitomizes […]
Spencer: Europe confronts racism
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer writes in FrontPage about how the media has instantly misunderstood the murder of Theo van Gogh: “War is deceit,” said Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, and deception remains a potent and little-recognized weapon in the hands of international jihadists. Radical Muslims today charge “racism” against anyone who dares to point out their […]
Iraqi PM cautions France against appeasing insurgents ahead of Europe visit
Allawi to France: don’t rush to play the dhimmi. From AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti: BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned France against appeasing insurgents in order to secure the release of two of its nationals held hostage in the country as he prepared to travel to Brussels. “France is bogged […]
Why al-Qaeda Will Dominate the European Union
Why Europe is destined for dhimmitude. “[W]estern European politicians…want to believe that there is no clash of civilizations; that terrorism is just a product of misery and lack of education; that the solution lies in a multicultural, tolerant society; and that the stubbornness of the Americans and Israelis is to blame for all the problems. […]
Turkey”s Bid to Raise Its Islamic Profile and Court Europe May Backfire
But will the EU dhimmis really care if Turkey raises its Islamic profile? From Taheri in Arab News: As the European Council prepares to decide on Turkey”s membership of the European Union, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan is also trying to heighten his country”s Islamic profile…. Now, however, there are signs that […]
How Europe Became Eurabia
The great pioneering scholar of dhimmitude, Bat Ye’or, many of whose most important essays will appear in my forthcoming collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance, has a critically important essay on the state of Europe today at FrontPage: Last Tuesday, the 25 nations of the European Union (EU) voted unanimously to support a United Nations […]
“We are in a world war and yet we do not notice it”
Caroline Glick Caroline Glick inveighs against the dhimmitude of media and government analyists in this refreshingly clear-eyed piece. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Margelfand: Over the past few weeks reports have abounded about the widening berth of the forces of global jihad. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that al-Qaida linked groups […]