The idea goes back to Muhammad’s earliest biographer, an eighth-century Muslim named Ibn Ishaq, who explained the progression of Qur’anic revelation about warfare. First, he said, Allah allowed Muslims to wage defensive warfare. But that was not Allah’s last word on the circumstances in which Muslims should fight. Ibn Ishaq explains offensive jihad by invoking […]
Bernie Bro Amer Zahr Hates on Israel
“Just stop partying with Zionists,” tweeted on September 10 the Israel-hating Palestinian-American comedian and political activist Amer Zahr, a longtime Senator Bernie Sanders supporter. Already controversial as a surrogate for Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primary, Zahr has further demonstrated online just how radical the Democrats’ leftist elements have become towards Israel. […]