Here are responses from Dean Barnett, Peter Berkowitz, Scott Johnson, Roger Kimball, Stanley Kurtz and me. Victor Davis Hanson’s reply is here. I noticed a number of phrases in these replies that point out tactics by D’Souza that Jihad Watch readers will by this time find familiar: “…it’s hard to see how he can remedy […]
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Fitzgerald: Why should we take a chance?
This is the problem, isn’t it? That nice smiling “Paul Hall” who then takes the name “Hassan Abujihaad” (or is the other way round? And does it really matter what name he goes under, or is it the underlying beliefs that matter?) may smile, and smile, and even sign up, a stout patriot, for the […]
Eteraz, Islamic jurisprudence, and Emory University
Here is my promised response to “Problems With Jihadwatch’s Op-Ed In Emory Univ. Student Paper,” by Ali Eteraz at Eteraz.org. Just in case anyone is confused, as always with this sort of thing the blockquoted portions are from Eteraz’s article and the non-blockquoted parts are my response. We can conclude that the politicization of American […]
Experts weigh giving up on eradicating polio
The proverbial elephant in the room when discussing problems facing the drive to eradicate polio is the role of Muslim boycotts on the basis of various conspiracy theories validated (or not dismissed) by local clerics; it is quite underrepresented as a contributing factor in this article. “Experts weigh giving up on killing polio,” by Maria […]
The myth of Muslim support for terror
Terror Free Tomorrow, an organization that recommends jizya as an antidote to terror, says that Islamic terrorism isn’t that big a deal anyway. In “The myth of Muslim support for terror: The common enemy is violence and terrorism, not Muslims any more than Christians or Jews” in the Christian Science Monitor (thanks to Ahsen), Kenneth […]
Polio cases jump in Pakistan as clerics declare vaccination an American plot
Those Southern Baptist clerics have carried on their war against modern science long enough! Why, this is an outr–what’s that? Islamic clerics? “60% of the refusals” of the vaccine “were attributed to ‘religious reasons’”? Islamic religious reasons? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? By Declan Walsh in The Guardian, with thanks to DFS: The […]
The straightforward arithmetic of jihad
Tiny Minority of Extremistsâ„¢? Really? “Right On: The straightforward arithmetic of jihad,” by Michael Freund in The Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Sr. Soph: It’s time we open our eyes and confront reality. Ever since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the media has sought to reassure […]
Fitzgerald: Not an overreaction but a misguided reaction
But it is no disrespect to the victims of 9/11, or to the men and women of our armed forces, to say that, by the standards of past wars, the war against terrorism has so far inflicted a very small human cost on the United States. As an instance of mass murder, the attacks were […]
UK: Muslim urged to shun ‘unholy’ vaccines
How Britain will slide into Third World status, part one. Clash of Civilizations Update: “Muslim urged to shun ‘unholy’ vaccines,” by Abul Taher in the TimesOnline, with thanks to all who sent this in: A MUSLIM doctors” leader has provoked an outcry by urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as […]
Fitzgerald: All right. Let’s have that dialogue.
But Ruediger Seesemann, an associate professor of Islamic studies at Northwestern, said academic institutions have a responsibility to encourage spiritual formation. These Muslim students want to integrate their Muslim identity with their identity as college students,” he said. “Why not let them bring their prayer rugs, let them pray and let them enjoy the basketball […]