“Islam: A Will-o’-the-Wisp of Political Faith” at The Rule of Reason is Edward Cline’s insightful review of my new book Did Muhammad Exist?: Reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, one cannot help but marvel at the thoroughness of Sherlock Holmes”s use of reason to piece together disparate clues and evidence and […]
Archives for April 2012
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood MP Seeks to Abolish Female Rights and Enforce Female Genital Mutilation
According to the Egyptian website Youm 7, Azza al-Jarf, a female Member of Parliament representing the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Freedom and Justice Party,” is trying to abolish several laws currently enjoyed by Egyptian women””including preventing them from divorcing or even separating from their husbands, because “the man has the authority and stewardship” (see Koran 4:34); mandating […]
Obama embraces Islam
An unsigned editorial in the Washington Times tells truths that most of the mainstream media would prefer to ignore. “EDITORIAL: Obama embraces Islam: If Islamism is OK for Egypt, why not America?,” from the Washington Times, April 25 (thanks to David): The Obama administration is doing its utmost to promote the fortunes of the Islamist […]
David Wood and Robert Spencer to debate on “Did Muhammad Exist?” this Sunday
David Wood and I will be debating this Sunday night on ABN, shortly after the live broadcast of the Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference in Dearborn. If you don’t get ABN via satellite, be sure to watch it live at www.ABNsat.com. Be ready for the debate: get the book here. And watch David’s primo debate […]
George Galloway denies reports that he secretly converted to Islam 10 years ago
Leftist Useful Idiot British politician George Galloway has been a faithful servant of the Islamic supremacist agenda for years now, so it was no surprise at all when reports began to circulate that he secretly converted to Islam years ago. He denies it now, but questions remain. In any case, this question is rather like […]
Robert Spencer on “Did Muhammad Exist?” in Crisis Magazine
Crisis Magazine today has an excerpt from my new book Did Muhammad Exist?: Did Muhammad exist? It is a question that few have thought to ask, or dared to ask. For most of the fourteen hundred years since the prophet of Islam is thought to have walked the earth, almost everyone has taken his existence […]
Feds watching for jihad attacks around one-year anniversary of bin Laden’s death
What’s this? I thought the “war on terror” was over! Didn’t the jihadis get the memo? “Feds urge vigilance 1 year after bin Laden’s death,” by Mike Levine for FoxNews.com, April 26 (thanks to Pamela Geller): WASHINGTON — Just days before the one-year anniversary of Usama bin Laden’s death, federal authorities are telling partners around […]
Robert Spencer speaks on “Did Muhammad Exist?” in New York
This is the talk that the Islamic supremacist thugs at Hamas-linked CAIR tried to shut down. Thanks to them, it was attended by four times more people than initially had registered. Find out what they’re so afraid of — get the book here. The peerless Urban Infidel was there. My main talk was not filmed […]
Nigeria: Jihad/martydom bomber murders six at newspaper office
In America, the newspapers are the jihad’s best allies. Are they that different in Nigeria, or did this guy choose the wrong target? “Nigeria: 6 killed in newspaper office bombings,” from the Associated Press, April 26 (thanks to Kenneth): ABUJA, Nigeria — A suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives Thursday at the office […]
PJ Media interviews Robert Spencer
Over at PJ Media today Barry Rubin interviews me about my new book Did Muhammad Exist? and other matters: RUBIN: What is the basic aim of the Jihad Watch site and of your books? SPENCER: The aim of all my work is to alert the public in the United States and around the world about […]
The Left’s jihad denial — on The Glazov Gang
Leftist film producer Tommi Trudeau joins Dwight Schultz and Evan Sayet on The Glazov Gang “” and battle breaks out. Part I dealt with the Left’s War on Ann Romney; Parts II and III focused on Jihad Denial, and are above.
Pakistani Christian Villagers Forced to Pay Muslim Cleric to Get Drinking Water
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Pakistani Christian Villagers Forced to Pay Muslim Cleric to Get Drinking Water,” by Ashfaq Fateh for ASSIST News Service, April 26 (thanks to Twostellas): TOBA TEK SINGH, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Scientists say that “a man or woman cannot live without air, water and food,” as these three elements play a […]
Egypt’s Islamic supremacist-dominated Parliament mulling laws legalizing child marriage and sex with corpses
Here is yet more delightful evidence that Sharia is benign and completely compatible with U.S. Constitutional values, as we are constantly told. “Egypt’s women urge MPs not to pass early marriage, sex-after-death laws: report,” by Abeer Tayel for Al Arabiya, April 25 (thanks to Stephen): Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the […]
Algeria: “Mainstream” Muslim cleric says Allah will punish those who don’t vote, warns against “Zionist” influence
Sinners in the hands of an angry polling place official. “Abstaining Algerian voters warned: God will punish you,” by Lamine Chikhi for Reuters, April 25 (thanks to David) (Reuters) – A prominent Muslim cleric in Algeria has issued a religious decree saying God will punish anyone who does not vote in a May 10 parliamentary […]
Sharia in Egypt: Nation’s most popular comedian found guilty of insulting Islam
Egypt slides rapidly toward Sharia, convicting Adel Imam based on Sharia blasphemy codes (which the OIC is trying to bully Western states into adopting). I tried to tell you. “Egypt’s Most Popular Comedian, Adel Iman, Guilty of Insulting Islam,” by Alexander Marquardt for ABC News, April 25 (thanks to Jacob): The verdict of a popular […]
Raymond Ibrahim: The Jihadist Roots of the Norway Massacre
Over at FrontPage Magazine (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discuss how, if Anders Breivik’s goals were anti-Islamic in nature, his actions, those things which we are rightly judged by””in his case, from terrorizing and killing the innocent, to planning video-recordings of beheadings””were jihadist in essence: Anders Breivik, who went on a shooting spree in Norway last year, […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia: Muslim scholar faces five years in prison for blasphemy; trial moved for fear of lynch mobs
He dared to suggest that the Qur’an of today is not the original one. In other words, a historical claim, which ought to be subject to study and dispassionate inquiry, is ruled out of court as “blasphemy.” This is the kind of law that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) wants to bring to the […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder 6, wound 9 in jihad attacks, including bomb outside soccer field
Notice how “attacks” killed people. It isn’t until the fourth paragraph that we discover that this was a jihad attack, and even then AFP tries its best to make this appear to be an ethnic conflict rather than a religious one. This obfuscation of the reality of jihad terror is common — indeed, universal — […]
“Christianity has survived all critiques of its origins, relying on the strength of its message and not the provability of historical details. One would hope that Islam reacts similarly.”
Over at PJ Media Monday there was a terrific, lengthy and detailed review of my new book, Did Muhammad Exist?. The reviewer is “Zombie,” the photoblogger who won some renown a few years back for video and photos of Leftist demonstrations. A excerpt: …Within the context of modern geopolitics, a title like Did Muhammad Exist? […]
“They threatened to kill me if I refuse to accept Islam”: Misunderstanders of Islam in Istanbul assault priest, threaten to kill him
They forced him to recite the Islamic faith. “Church Pastor Attacked in Istanbul: Four people rushed into a Protestant church in Bahçelievler district and physically attacked the pastor, threatening and insulting him,” from BİA News Center, April 9 (thanks to David): Four people rushed to the Protestant Grace Church in Bahçelievler, Istanbul and physically abused […]