At last, a relatively even-handed news story about my notorious appearance at a conference where I will debate two Muslims today. The Catholic News Agency puts the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News to shame. “Catholic radio host defends Islamic scholar’s debate choice,” from the Catholic News Agency, August 9: Ypsilanti, Mich., Aug 9, […]
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Patricia Montemurri of Detroit Free Press repeats Leftist/Islamic supremacist smears of Robert Spencer as “news”
Here is a particularly egregious manifestation of how “journalists” attempt to manipulate events and frame the general public’s understanding of the news. In a certain sense it is a shame that this article is about me, and I am the one responding to it, since that only obscures the core issues of media bias here: […]
Qaradawi Summons Foreign Jihadis to Martyrdom in Egypt
Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi””one of the most influential Islamic clerics in the world, author of over 100 books on Muslim doctrine, head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood””has just posted a new video where he calls on all the Muslims of the world to come and wage jihad […]
Niger: Muslim leader defends child marriage — “We Muslims have the right to marry when we want or give out our daughters at any age we want”
Few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage: “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with […]
“Teachers who teach western education? We will kill them! We will kill them in front of their students, and tell the students to henceforth study the Qur’an”
The students will no doubt find this an enormously appealing advertisement for Islam and the Qur’an. But after all, the Qur’an does command Muslims to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (8:60). More on this story. “Boko Haram leader calls for more schools attacks after dorm killings,” by Monica Mark in […]
“No such thing as Islamic terrorism,” says delegate to U.N. conference on how to criminalize criticism of Islam
The U.S. delegates mouth some pieties about free speech, but then call for ways to implement UNHRC Resolution 16/18, which amounts to calling for restrictions on free speech. Anyway, claiming that there is no such thing as Islamic terrorism, despite piles of dead bodies to the contrary, is essential to this campaign and reveals its […]
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A delusional fiction
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A delusional fiction by Danusha Goska Mohja Kahf’s 2006 “The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf” was celebrated in the New York Times and on National Public Radio — the novel introduced, they said, the voice of Arab, Muslim women to the American literary canon. “Scarf” is taught in university […]
Bishop cancels “foremost Catholic expert on Islam in our country” from Catholic conference, but Kolbe Academy stands firm, will still host Robert Spencer talks
According to @muhamedsabry, Bishop of North #Sinai shot dead by armed assailants. #Sick #Shame on those incited against #Copts. #Egypt “” Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) July 6, 2013 There is a great and growing divide. On the one side, we have Muslims increasingly victimizing and persecuting Christians, including bishops, in Egypt, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia, […]
Mauritania Muslim strikes websites hostile to Sharia: “There is no Islam without Sharia”
And those who oppose Sharia must be destroyed. Just ask the British Home Office. “Insight: From remote Mauritania, hacker fights for Islam worldwide,” by Elise Knutsen for Reuters, June 28: DAKAR (Reuters) – In Nouakchott, a dusty city wedged between the Atlantic ocean and western dunes of the Sahara, a young hip-hop fan coordinates a […]
Another pro-jihad free speech assault, another petition
Petition by iPetitions Nathan Lean is the editor-in-chief of Aslan Media, an organization run by Reza Aslan, a board member of NIAC, a proven front group for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Lean is also an obsessive stalker who relentlessly scans the Internet for details about my resume and my wife and children, which he […]