Converts to Islam often have a unique zeal that drives them on. As Robert Spencer stated: “What is it about converts to Islam? Why do so many of them get the idea that their new religion commands them to commit treason and mass murder? Read his article: “Meet Five Lethal American Converts to Islam.” And […]
Islamic State names new caliph, brother of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The Islamic State has lost its caliphate in Iraq and Syria, but the group is active in Mozambique, Nigeria, Mali and elsewhere. It has “between $25 million and $50 million” not just because of “opportunistic extortion, looting and kidnap for ransom,” but because some wealthy Muslims believe it is a worthy group, and keep it […]
The use of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to exonerate Islam from any connection to ISIS
Conspiracy theories have often preoccupied the minds of many Muslims and Arabs, who looked to them for a fictitious explanation of the world that would keep them in line with and justify the explicit use of violence in Islam. There is no doubt that ISIS committed crimes based on the practices of Muhammad in […]
U of Florida prof: “Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution,” the caliphate
“Under Umar, the caliphate expanded to include many regions of the world such as the lands of the former Byzantine and Sassanian empires in Asia Minor, Persia and Central Asia.” Yeah, how exactly did that “expansion” occur? In reality, beyond the pseudo-academic whitewash and fantasy below, the caliphates always behaved much like the Islamic State, […]
Why was the Islamic State’s caliph al-Baghdadi given Islamic burial rites?
Didn’t everyone agree he was not Muslim? My FrontPage column: According to Reuters, “the United States has given the remains of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a burial at sea and afforded him religious rites according to Islamic custom after he was killed in a U.S. commando raid in Syria on Saturday.” This information […]
Repentant Islamic State bride: “‘We are winning’ the battle against radical Islam”
These are comforting words, and that’s fine, but imagine the embarrassment of everyone in the West when they discover that the Islam of al-Baghdadi and John Georgelas and other jihadis is not radical, but mainstream, and that violent jihad against unbelievers is a constant feature of Islamic history. Here is proof. Also, how can it […]
How could Turkey not have known that al-Baghdadi was just a few miles from the Turkish border?
Clueless or complicit? The abundant evidence of Turkey aiding Islamic State jihadis points to the latter. “Why did Turkish intelligence fail at finding Baghdadi?,” by Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, November 3, 2019: …How did Turkish intelligence not know what was going on within shouting distance of its border? How did a NATO ally as […]
France: No joy over death of al-Baghdadi, as the Islamic State has “inexorably altered” the fabric of daily life
“The killing of the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was met this week with no outpouring of joy or even relief in France, even though this is the European country that suffered most from his depredations. The reason is simple: the Islamic State’s crimes, and the fear they instilled in the national psyche, are […]
Islamic State caliph al-Baghdadi’s underground bunker was filled with Islamic texts
Didn’t Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi realize that the Islamic State was un-Islamic and that Islam had nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism? Why didn’t Pope Francis pay him a visit in his underground bunker and explain to him that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence”? “The […]
Al-Baghdadi Dead, Leftists Crestfallen
A hero of the Left has passed away. My latest in FrontPage: Just in time for Halloween, one of the most famous undead people in the world, the Islamic State (ISIS) caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been reported dead yet again, and this time it actually appears to be true. President Trump announced the news […]