Donald Trump shows here that he is a very, very frightening candidate: he would restrict the freedom of speech as part of some attempt to deal with the jihad threat: in other words, he would have us give up our freedom in exchange for security. I don’t believe that we have to cease to be […]
Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S.
This is being greeted with the usual howls of outrage and victimhood. Trump’s a racist. Trump’s a Nazi. Trump’s a bigoted Islamophobe. I am no fan of Trump, but is what he said here really so outrageous? No one has some natural right to enter the U.S. Trump is suggesting a temporary measure, and in […]
Trump under fire for saying “there’s something going on” with Islam
In light of the fact that Trump denounced our free speech event in Garland, Texas, last May, it is not at all clear that he understands the jihad imperative or the war against free speech, or is at all equipped to counter them. People like Trump, Bill O’Reilly and Laura Ingraham who took issue what […]
Donald Trump defends burqas and niqabs
“Then I saw women interviewed. They said, ‘We want to wear it. We’ve worn them for a thousand years. Why would anyone tell us not to?’ They want to! What the hell are we getting involved for? In fact, it’s easier. You don’t have to put on makeup.” Yes, the burqa, the niqab and even […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Donald Trump’s Sharia Compliance
Over at PJ Media I explain how promising to uphold the Constitution over Sharia is not an argument that Donald Trump wants to get into: Donald Trump’s boast that if he had been president, the September 11 jihad terror attacks would not have happened because “if I were running things, I doubt those people would […]
Trump: If elected, I would shut down certain U.S. mosques
The Hamas-linked terror organization CAIR, which works assiduously to silence and marginalize everyone who speaks out against jihad terror, is now pretending to support the freedom of speech: “Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to close down American mosques that he deems ‘extreme’ is totally incompatible with the Constitution and our nation’s cherished principle of religious freedom,” […]
Trump boasts he would have prevented 9/11, but dodges Sharia question
Trump’s boasts about heading off the 9/11 attacks ring hollow when one watches the video below, in which he refuses to say that he would insist that the President place adherence to the Constitution over adherence to Sharia. And after he denounced our free speech event in Garland, Texas, last May, it is not at […]
Reuters: Trump and Carson are fueling “Islamophobia”
One would think that if there is any genuine “Islamophobia” — that is, unjust suspicion of innocent Muslims — that it is fueled by Islamic jihad attacks and plots, by the perpetrators of those plots justifying their actions and making recruits among peaceful Muslims by pointing to Islamic texts and teachings, by the Islamic State […]
Trump: There’s a terrorism problem with “some Muslims”
The brouhaha over Trump not correcting the questioner who said that Obama was a Muslim is just silly. It is not incumbent upon Trump or anyone else to make sure that the President is thought of in the way he wishes to be. The idea that he is a Muslim persists not because of “racism” […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Donald Trump: Poster Child of American Decline
In PJ Media, I discuss yet another foe of the freedom of speech: It’s hard not to be in Donald Trump’s corner when his targets are the likes of John McCain and Lindsey Graham. McCain, after all, may justifiably be indignant over Trump’s stupid and clumsy savaging of him for having such poor taste as […]