Dr. Mike Ghouse has accomplished an amazing feat. He has become the final and perfect interpreter of Islam. At least he seems to feel that way. In his view, the essence of Islam is totally in keeping with liberal Western values. Islam has become a thoroughly American religion with scarcely any connection to the traditional […]
Leaderless Islamic Terrorism: A Dangerous Evolution
The structure of jihadi/takfiri Islamic terrorism has begun to take a significant turn. Terrorist Muslim groups are becoming leaderless. This new form borrows from the anarchist theory that by being diverse, amorphous, and flexible they are less easily attacked and destroyed. Egypt, and the Sinai Peninsula in particular, faces an existential threat from these autonomous […]
Edip Yuksel’s “Manifesto for Islamic Reform”: A Disguised Apology for an Idealized Islam
Edip Yuksel is a Kurdish American Muslim author and adjunct philosophy professor at Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona. Yuskel was in the ranks of the Islamic movements in Turkey, in the 1980s, together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and he was imprisoned for his radical Islamist views. But later, in 1986, Yuskel had a […]
Chicago: Muslim organization touts Muhammad’s directives as safeguard against coronavirus
GainPeace, an enterprising Islamic organization in Chicago, has found a way to use coronavirus to promote Islam in the United States. The activist organization is a leading dawa (Islamic proselytizing) group that has placed billboards which sponsor a message from the prophet of Islam about health precautions. Excellent timing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but dangerously […]
Killing for Muhammad’s Honor: The Highest Expression of the Islamic Faith
After 1400 years of Islam, many Muslims feel that Prophet’s Muhammad honor is part of their personal identity, and that any crticism directed at him encroaches on their honor. First, some review of past events: Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Dutch Muslim (in 2004), after producing a play that criticized Islam. The Danish […]
“We will never Live as Dhimmis”: The Stealth Cultural Jihad in America
I recently came across the title of an Arabic book, “We will never live as Dhimmis” (lan naish zimieen), written by a Lebanese Christian, Amin Naji, in 1979. A Dhimmi is a Christian or Jew living in a region overrun by Muslim conquest who was accorded a protected status in exchange of a poll tax […]
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s “Hijabi Slip”
A Freudian slip is embarrassing because for an instant something we hide is revealed to others. Maybe it’s suppressing bigoted and prejudiced feelings that we know are unacceptable in the wider society, but in a moment of stress and thoughtlessness, this dark side of who we are pops out. Recently, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-D) had […]
Al-Wala’ wa al-Bara’: Islam’s Doctrine of Contempt for the Other
Have you ever read about, or personally experienced, the strange disturbing change of a seemingly well-adjusted, normal Muslim — someone who is a good neighbor, workmate and citizen — who becomes either radicalized or worse, violent? Major Nidal Hasan is one of the saddest examples. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring more […]
GainPeace’s Whitewashing of Jihad
Muslim writers who are apologists for jihad seem to be motivated to accomplish two goals. The good and laudable goal is that of dissuading those Muslims who are inclined to use violence for the sake of Islam, Allah, and Muhammad, his Prophet. The second, less commendable goal, is to whitewash the image of Islam in […]