Back in March 2020, Ibrahim Karagul, who was at that time the editor of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mouthpiece, Yeni Safak, managed to say absolutely nothing in a great many words. I tried to find something that made sense; I failed; perhaps you can do better. Yet one thing was clear when the piece […]
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Benny Gantz On What Israel Should Target In Iran
Benny Gantz, who is both a former Israeli chief of staff and a former defense minister, has written an opinion piece for the New York Times that explains the lessons Israel learned on October 7 and that he believes justify its impending attack on Iran. He also wants to share those lessons with the rest of […]
How We Know That Atheism is Growing More Prevalent in Muslim Lands
How do we know that atheism is becoming more prevalent in Muslim lands? There are opinion polls such as those of the Pew Research Center, that have been conducted both in some Muslim countries and among Muslim populations living in the West.. Since answers are given anonymously, there is no risk to declaring one’s atheism. […]
The ‘Dismal Perception’ in the West of Islam is Well Deserved
A five-year old but enduringly relevant article asserts that “Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019. The idea Taspinar is attempting to express is that anything and everything — except Islam itself — explains the growing “civilizational clash,” which in his telling seems to originate in the West, […]
Who is to Blame for ‘Islamophobia’?
Does the West has a ridiculous Islamophobic obsession with Islam? We’re examining an old but enduringly relevant article that asserts this: “Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019: It is easy to blame anti-immigration politics and racism for the rise of Islamophobia. Yet the problem cannot be reduced to […]
Iranian Opponent of Islamic Regime Raped By Regime’s Supporters In Germany
In an abandoned brewery building in Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a gang of four, or possibly as many as six, Iranians — apparently some of them had acquired Danish and the others Dutch citizenship – decided to teach another Iranian a lesson. For that Iranian, who had fled from Iran to Germany, where he had been […]
Unintended Consequences: Houthi Missiles Raise Israeli Shipping Line’s Profits
The Houthis in western Yemen have since October 8, 2023 been firing missiles at Western ships in the Red Sea, hoping to make Israel’s trade route to and from Asia too dangerous to navigate. And Western ships, including those of Israeli-owned ZIM Shipping Lines, have chosen to re-route their ships, which now avoid sailing up […]
Israel’s Triumph and the West’s Pusillanimity
British journalist Allister Heath hails Israel’s recent brilliant acts of derring-do and denounces the West for failing to give its full-throated support to the embattled Jewish state, here: “Israel’s bravery has exposed the lie at the heart of Starmer’s foreign policy,” by Allister Heath, Telegraph, September 2024: Robbed of its moral bearings, bereft of any […]
Israel Accused of the Crime of Defending Itself
British journalist Brendan O’Neill is appalled at the way so many in the West paint Israel’s efforts to defend itself as “war crimes.” No matter how precisely it attacks its targets — as the Hezbollah possessors of pagers, hand-held radios, and walkie-talkies were — the IDF is accused of “indiscriminate” killing in Lebanon. No matter […]
Fiji: Deputy Prime Minister claims that principles championed by Muhammad form foundation for progress
Muhammad did not actually preach “the values of peace, inclusivity, tolerance and ethical behavior.” Get the truth here. And as for the idea that Islam makes for societal, economic and political progress, why are Islamic countries that don’t have oil all societal, economic and political basket cases? “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays […]