Rabbi Deborah Schloss invited local Muslims to attend an “interfaith Shabbat service” at her synagogue in Clear Lake, Texas. The setting for Shabbat at Temple Beth Tikvah was typical: services followed by a shared potluck supper. What was different on April 7 was that at least half those in attendance at the Clear Lake synagogue […]
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Nashville area one of top 20 places in US where girls are at risk for female genital mutilation
“Federal contractors in Tennessee have been resettling refugees from countries including Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sudan, listed in the PRB report as among the ‘Top 10 Countries of Origin’ where FGM is practiced.” Did those federal contractors think that after bringing all those refugees into Tennessee that they would not see a rise […]
Why Easter Brings Out the Worst in Islam
Why are some Christians murdered and many more terrorized in the name of Islam every Easter holiday? This year’s most notable attack occurred in Egypt, where two Coptic Christian churches were bombed during Palm Sunday mass, leaving 50 dead and 120 injured. While this incident received some coverage in Western media, attacks on churches in […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “Spread Hummus Not Hate” in Beaver, Pennsylvania
One more example of Meet-Your-Muslim Neighbor Ninnies: “Clearing the Air on Islam through ‘Spread Hummus, Not Hate’ events in Beaver,” by J.D. Prose, Beaver County Times, March 31, 2017: BEAVER — If any two things bring Beaver Countians together, it’s food and religion, and Center Township resident Toni Ashfaq will incorporate both to educate residents about […]
Boko Haram kidnaps over 20 more girls and women
In Islamic law, it is normal: the seizure of Infidel girls and their use as sex slaves is sanctioned in the Qur’an. According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful to you your wives to whom […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “Should We Blame Islam For Terrorism?”
This is the rhetorical question — “no” being the only conceivable response — that the Iranian-born David Shariatmadari, now living in the U.K., asked in a recent article in The Guardian. He began his exercise in taqiyya by insisting that while in the late 20th and early 21st century, some Muslims have begun to resort […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Mickey-Mockers of Mother Jones, and All That Islamophobia
Mother Jones is a left-wing publication that, while it seldom – and possibly never — has had a kind word for Christianity in its history, turns out to be a stout defender of Islam. How the Left fell so hard for Islam is a puzzlement, for a more retrograde faith — misogynistic, supremacist, homophobic, protective […]
New York: Al-Qaeda jihadi convicted in civilian court of killing Americans in Afghanistan
“The Saudi-born defendant who claims Niger citizenship had insisted he was a ‘warrior’ who should face a military tribunal rather than a civilian court prosecution.” Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Harun is right about that: this is a war, and enemy combatants should be treated as such. He is a Saudi with Niger citizenship: why was he […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Highest and Best Use of Keith Ellison
Now that Keith Ellison, our first Muslim Congressman, has lost out to Thomas Perez for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee – though being given the specially-created sop of “Deputy Chair” – he may wish to strike out on his own, for clearly he has a lot of energy, and ambition, and Wants To […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “I’m a Muslim — Ask Me Anything,” Answers 7-10
Recently I offered 38 questions to ask those carrying signs proclaiming, “I’m A Muslim — Ask Me Anything.” Here are answers to questions seven through ten. 7. Muslims often claim that Muhammad only attacked in self-defense. Among the clear exceptions to that claim was his attack on the inoffensive farmers of the Khaybar Oasis. They […]