If they succeed, there will be a renewed initiative to compel the West into adopting Sharia blasphemy laws. That’s close to happening in a de facto way already, as evidenced by the massive number of publications that fear to republish the Muhammad cartoons, the police actions in Sweden and France against people who burned the […]
Islamic State’s top military commander was trained by American special forces units
This article maintains that Abu Omar al Shishani was “radicalized” in a Saudi-funded mosque that challenged the moderate Islam that had hitherto prevailed in that region. Yet despite this supposedly prevailing moderation, its men gained a “reputation as crazy Islamic warriors.” If this scenario is true, U.S. officials should think very carefully about the implications […]