In Front Page, Moorthy Muthuswamy and I discuss a notable variant reading of the Koranic text, and its huge implications: Muthuswamy: Thank you for the opportunity, Jamie. First, some background. In 1972, during the restoration of the Great Mosque of Sana’a, in Yemen, a gravesite containing a mash of old parchment pages was discovered. It […]
Spencer: The Persistence of Islamic Anti-Semitism
Setting the historical record straight in FrontPage: A new study released Sunday shows that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe. The “German Situation” study, which is conducted by the University of Bielefeld Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, found that across Europe in the last year, “Islamophobia” has declined, while anti-Semitic incidents […]
“But we have to acknowledge that ‘kill the unbelievers’ is an awkward verse”
The title of this naive and silly New York Times puff piece is “Three Clergymen, Three Faiths, One Friendship,” but from the looks of it, these “amigos” have one faith, not three — “the spirituality of interfaith relations.” At least Sheik Jamal Rahman is honest enough to acknowledge that there is a problem with the […]
El Blog del Corán: ‘La Vaca’- VersÃculos 75-140
Traducido por Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. La sección próxima de Sura 2 del Corán- los versÃculos 75-105- continúa criticándoles a los judÃos. Cuando lee declaraciones de los lÃderes de Hamas o de Mahmoud Ahmadineyad sobre Israel, acuérdese de que sus opiniones sobre Israel y los judÃos se basan en el Corán. Han aprendido, si han estudiado […]
Nidal Hasan explains the Koran and Islam
Here is Nidal Hasan’s PowerPoint presentation about Islam, Muslims, and the military. Note the copious quoting of the Koran; the explanation of the doctrine of abrogation (citing Koran 2:106 and 16:101), which usually Islamic apologists in the West dismiss as an invention of “Islamophobes”; and the explanations of defensive and offensive jihad. Islamic spokesmen in […]
Fort Hood shooter taught Koran when he was supposed to be giving a medical lecture
Here is yet another indication that the Fort Hood massacre was a jihad carried out by Nidal Hasan. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was supposed to give a “grand round” — a medical lecture. Instead, he treated medical personnel to a dawah session, trying to frighten them into Islam with threats of hell. Another Muslim stood […]
El Blog Del Corán — La Vaca: VersÃculos 40-75
Traducido por Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi VersÃculo 40 de Sura 2 habla de los ‘Hijos de Israel’, empezando una meditación extensa sobre todo lo que hizo Alá por los judÃos, y la ingratitud con la que le pagaron. VersÃculo 41 les advierte que no abandonen ‘mis revelaciones por un precio insignificante’, lo que interpretan generalmente los […]
El blog del Corán- Sura 2 (La Vaca) — VersÃculos 1-39
Traducido por Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Sura 2, Al-Baqara (‘La Vaca’), como casi todos los capÃtulos del Corán, toma su tÃtulo de algo contado dentro de ella- en este caso, la historia de Moisés cuando les pidió a los hebreos (según el pedido de Alá) que sacrificaran una vaca (2:67-73). Es la sura más larga del […]
Koran verses appear on baby’s skin: “Ali always feels bad when it is happening. He cries and his temperature goes up.”
Odd. If this is really a sign from Allah, why does it make the baby so uncomfortable? In this it is reminiscent of Muhammad’s first revelation, in which — according to Bukhari, the collection of Hadith considered most reliable by Muslims — Gabriel left Muhammad in a state of terror and confusion: The Prophet added, […]
Suicide bomber read Koran verses before attack
Now why would he read verses from the Book of Peace before committing an act of murderous violence? Find out in my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran. “Suicide bomber read verses before attack,” from Corriere della Sera, October 19 (thanks to C. Cantoni): MILAN – A small green-painted door opens onto the […]