“This is an abomination,” tweeted on December 17, 2020, from a since deleted Twitter account, Ismail Royer in response to a “heartwarming gay rom-com” movie, Breaking Fast, for the Muslim Ramadan fast period. This condemnation from a Muslim intellectual formerly convicted on federal terrorism charges demonstrates how a previously discussed conflict between Islamic doctrines and […]
Muslims and Abortion Post-Roe v. Wade
What does Islam teach about abortion? This question has become particularly pressing after the Supreme Court’s bombshell reversal in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization of the 1973 precedent, Roe v. Wade, which in conjunction with other Supreme Court cases proclaimed an unlimited constitutional “right” of abortion. Now Americans of all backgrounds, including Muslims, will decide on the legality of […]
Muslims and LGBT: Intersectional Allies?
Muslim and LGBT groups in America and other Western countries have often formed “intersectional” political alliances in the name of promoting minority rights. Such bonds are ironic given condemnation of homosexuality and “transgenderism” in traditional Islamic doctrine as well as the radical individualism and secularism of LGBT agendas. Ismail Royer, who served years in prison after […]
“Christians and Muslims must join hands….Let Christians and Muslims never again regard each other as enemies”
As is always the case with exhortations such as this one, note how one-sided it is. Robert George tells Christians not to hate Muslims, which is a very good thing for him to tell them, but he never says a word about trying to get Muslims not to hate Christians. As far as this article […]
Robert Spencer video: Why is the Washington Post publishing a convicted jihadi?
In this new video, I discuss the recent publication in the Washington Post of an op-ed by Ismail Royer, a former CAIR official who served 13 years in prison on terror-related charges.
Robert Spencer: Washington Post Publishes Muslim who Served Time for Terror-Related Charges
But would it ever publish a foe of jihad terror? Not on your life. My latest in FrontPage: At least they admit it. The bio tag for this Washington Post article reads: “Ismail Royer is an American convert to Islam and a research and program associate at the Religious Freedom Institute, a D.C. nonprofit organization. […]
Washington Post publishes article by Muslim who “served 13 years in federal prison for terrorism-related charges”
At least they admit it. The bio tag for this Washington Post article (thanks to Darcy) reads: “Ismail Royer is an American convert to Islam and a research and program associate at the Religious Freedom Institute, a D.C. nonprofit organization. He served 13 years in federal prison for terrorism-related charges. Since his release, he has […]
50 “homegrown violent jihadists” to be released in US between now and 2026
Ismail Royer, a former employee of Hamas-linked CAIR who served “more than 13 years on firearms charges connected to his work helping others get to a militant training camp in Kashmir,” that is, to a jihad terror training camp, sells a good deal of snake oil in this article. Its last few paragraphs are given […]
Former Hamas-linked CAIR official freed from prison after doing time for weapons charges
Royer was just an idealist, you see. Matthew Barakat of the Associated Press loves Ismail Royer. “When I look back at myself, I don’t see myself as an extremist,” he said. “I see myself as being naive, romantic, a Don Quixote kind of guy.” He includes that quote about a man who just served time […]