In “Hannity confronts Ground Zero mosqueteer” in WND today, Pamela Geller discusses the Ground Zero Mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s rocky appearance on the Sean Hannity Show, after Bill O’Reilly fawned all over Rauf the week before: Ground Zero mosqueteer Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is pushing a whole new narrative on his deception book tour. […]
Archives for May 2012
Robert Spencer on the Michael Coren Show: The truth about Islam makes Muslims look bad
Friday I appeared on the Michael Coren Show on Sun TV to discuss Mona Eltahawy’s recent criticism of the treatment of women in Islamic culture, and the circle-the-wagons response from Islamic supremacists Leila Ahmed and Dalia Mogahed.
Pakistan: Muslim clerics sentence 4 women and 2 men to death for singing and dancing at wedding
UPDATE: Apparently there is still a bit of sanity in Pakistan: “Pakistan cleric arrested over dancing death decree,” from AFP, May 29 (thanks to Kenneth): Police in Pakistan on Tuesday arrested a Muslim cleric accused of sentencing six people to death for singing and dancing at a wedding in the north of the country. “Police […]
“You are Allah’s enemy!”: Muslim stabs Russian radio host for criticizing Muhammad
This article contains this appalling statement: “Such statements could not but stir the Muslim community.” The West is completely losing the idea that one’s reactions are one’s own responsibility, and that the only people to blame for violent thuggery are the thugs themselves. This is a massive capitulation to violent Islamic intimidation and a retreat […]
Raymond Ibrahim: An ‘Imaginary’ President Appeases a Very Real Islam
Over at FrontPage Magazine (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discuss how ideas that were once deemed overly utopian have become mainstream, embodied in the person of Barack Obama: American intellectual Will Durant’s The Lessons of History””co-written with wife Ariel and published in 1968, when the Soviet Union posed a threat to the United States””still offers insightful lessons, […]
Saudis Demand Punishment for McDonald’s Toy that ‘Insults Muhammad’
Over at Gatestone Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I discuss the latest toy that is angering Muslims: Saudi Arabians are angry at a McDonald’s toy which they say mocks their prophet Muhammad. According to a report appearing today (5/27/12) on the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, the McDonald’s fast food restaurant “abused the Prophet Muhammad by placing his […]
Somali jihadists fire on foreign warships
Emboldened by the weakness of the West, jihadis everywhere are growing more assertive and aggressive. “Somali Islamists fire on foreign warships,” from AFP, May 29 (thanks to Twostellas): Somalia: Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents said Tuesday they had fired on two foreign warships that came in close to the key rebel port of Kismayo, in […]
Robert Spencer: Is Freedom Worth Defending?
At Atlas Shrugs I discuss the recent cancellation of the Lady Gaga concert in Indonesia and some of its implications: Muslim threats last week led Lady Gaga to cancel her planned concert in Indonesia. Because of their disapproval of Lady Gaga, some conservatives in the West have applauded this, noting that Christians there opposed her […]
Malaysian religious police raid publisher of Irshad Manji’s just-banned book
Malaysia’s religious police have wasted little time in enforcing the recent government decision to ban Irshad Manji’s latest book, Allah, Liberty and Love. Earlier today, the (Malaysian state of) Selangor contingent of enforcers of the Religion of Peace, Moderation, and Tolerance (or ‘Jais’ in Malay parlance) raided a publishing house in the Kuala Lumpur area, […]
Turkish writer calls on Turkey to admit Armenian genocide: “My generation knew what happened and tried to conceal it”
This will never happen, but it is good to see someone piercing through the Islamic supremacist fog of denial and evasion of responsibility. “Zagib [sic] Zarakolu: Turkey must accept the historic truth,” by Karen Ghazaryan for Public Radio of Armenia, May 29 (thanks to Twostellas): Turkish writer and publisher Ragib Zarakolu again criticized the Turkish […]
Iran plotting to murder U.S., Israeli, Saudi officials
Acts of war. “U.S. officials among the targets of Iran-linked assassination plots,” by Joby Warrick in the Washington Post, May 27 (thanks to Ahmad): In November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the small Central […]
Denmark: Two misunderstanders of Islam arrested in jihad terror plot connected to Muhammad cartoons
PET’s former operative chief Hans Joergen Bonnichsen said: “To me there is no doubt that the latest arrests are rooted in the Muhammad cartoons.” Yet still no one in the West denounces the madness and irrationality of killing and plotting to kill over cartoon images. Instead, the calls continue to limit the freedom of speech […]
Kenya: Bomb blast injures 33, “Arabic-looking bearded man” suspected
Careful, now: might have been an Amish extremist. “Kenya: Blast blamed on ‘Arabic-looking bearded man’” from PTI, May 29: Nairobi: An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 33 people, including a woman who blamed the blast on a “bearded man” who left behind a […]
Afghan women leave the country in fear of Taliban return
Good thing we expended all that American blood and treasure to fight the Afghan jihadists, eh? Meanwhile, note that the problem here is not just the Taliban, but the Afghan government — both of which are committed to Sharia, which denies women basic rights. “Afghan women leave the country in fear of Taliban return,” by […]
Egypt: Muslim mobs set fire to headquarters of presidential candidate opposing Muslim Brotherhood
Do you really think that the Muslim Brotherhood will get this close to power and then be denied? “There will be violence if Shafiq wins.” Indeed. “Egyptian protesters set fire to headquarters of Hosni Mubarak’s presidential candidate,” by Richard Spencer in the Telegraph, May 28 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Protesters set fire to the campaign […]
Tunisia: Thousands of misunderstanders of Islam chant “Obama, Obama, we are all Osama”; “Every Muslim is a jihadist”
These Tunisians have somehow gotten the crazy idea that Osama was a representative Muslim, and that jihadists are good Muslims, not hijackers of the Religion of Peace. Are they reading the writings of greasy Islamophobes? More on this story. Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Thousands of Tunisians [sic] Salafis: ‘Obama, We Are All Osama’; MC […]
Skopje: Muslims demonstrate, shouting “Allahu akbar,” “jihad” and “death to the Christians”
What? They haven’t heard that the Qur’an preaches tolerance and respect for the People of the Book? Imam Rauf, call your office! “Skopje: Moslem Demo ‘Death to the Christians,’” from PI News, May 18 (thanks to Lachlan): Back in March, PI reported about the numerous outbreaks of violence between the Muslim-Albanian minority and the non-Muslim-Slavic […]
A Memorial Day in a time of peace
The war on terror is long over. The Taliban are not the enemy of the U.S. Military and intelligence training materials have been scrubbed of any hint that there is any Islamic jihad against the U.S. As far as the U.S. Government is concerned, there isn’t. The Obama Administration has applauded and in some cases […]
Yet another Malaysian non-Muslim house of worship demolished
The word ‘non-Muslim’ above is almost without a doubt superfluous, because whenever a house of worship in Malaysia gets bulldozed, smashed, demolished, or destroyed, you can safely bet the farm that the house of worship in question isn’t a mosque, surau or madrassah. This time it’s yet another Hindu temple that has been leveled, in […]
Sharia in Iran: Youth publicly whipped for drinking alcohol
This is Sharia, or at least it is until the Imam Rauf jets over to Tehran and explains to the mullahs how they’re misunderstanding Islam, and how Sharia is benign and completely compatible with the principles of freedom enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. “Iranian youth publicly whipped for drinking alcohol+ video,” from Mohabat News, May […]