Islamic groups in the US have successfully protested against shoes that they claim bear the name of Allah. Will they protest against this? What do you think? “It is a pity that empty slogans about tolerance and mutual respect, intended for naive Europeans, find fertile soil in Western media and mislead the public.” Indeed. The […]
Iraqi novelist assassinated after criticizing Iran’s Islamic revolution
The well-known Iraqi novelist Ala Mashzoub was gunned down “by a group of armed men” after recently publishing an article which criticized “the Islamic republic revolution in Iran, which is being celebrated now on its 40th anniversary.” The assassination sparked anger. Activists wrote that “we continue to write about everything that disturbs the sacred ignorance.” […]
Iraqi Archbishop thanks Trump for aiding Christian victims of the Islamic State
Christians have endured persecution from jihadists in the Middle East long before the rise of the Islamic State. Their plight has been ignored for far too long, so it is reassuring to see some action in their favor. The agreement between the two nations follows Hungary’s declared strategy of taking assistance “to the troubled spots […]
UK denies visa to Iraqi nun displaced by the Islamic State
This makes Britain’s priorities clear, if they weren’t clear already. Pamela Geller and I are banned from entering the country for the crime of telling the truth about Islam and jihad. Recently, free speech and freedom advocates Martin Sellner, Brittany Pettibone, Lauren Southern and Lutz Bachmann were also banned from entering Britain, all for the […]
Iraqi archbishop: “Crisis of violence in Islam must be addressed openly and honestly”
It is good that the Archbishop of Erbil was able to say this at Franciscan University, but it is unlikely he will get much of a hearing in other Catholic circles. Pope Francis has essentially dogmatized the falsehood that Islam is a Religion of Peace. This false claim has become a superdogma in the Catholic […]
Islamic State murders 3 with car bomb at US consulate in Kurdish capital
“ISIS is losing.” — Vox, April 15, 2015 “Car bomb kills three outside U.S. consulate in Iraq’s Kurdish capital,” by Isabel Coles, Reuters, April 17, 2015: A car bomb killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a ally of Washington in the war against Islamic […]
Islamic State: Qur’an-waving gunmen murder 39 Indian workers
Somehow these gunmen got the Islamophobic idea that their actions were in accord with the teachings of the book they were holding. Yet Barack Obama and John Kerry and David Cameron and a host of others assure us that the actions of such people have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. Who could be right? […]