“The problem is bigger than the Islamic State, this is a third world war, and this is Christians, Jews working with Muslims against outlaws.” That’s an interesting take on the situation. It is indeed a third world war, but few see it as such, and all too many Muslims and non-Muslims in the West have […]
Jordan’s Abdullah: Islamic State “does not resemble our religion in any way”
The video of the burning of the Jordanian pilot is entitled, “Healing the Believers Chests.” That’s from the Qur’an: “Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you over them, heal the breasts of Believers.” (Qur’an 9:14) Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, who years ago tried to murder students at […]
Some Shi’ites link Saudi king’s death to end times, return of the Mahdi
“But some Shiite scholars think differently about the matter, believing that Abdullah’s death will mark the beginning of a chain of great events that will shock the world.” That could well be true, even without “the rise of Imam Mahdi.” The main concern for non-Muslims is that all too many Shi’ite (and Sunni) end-times scenarios […]
Robert Spencer in FP: The King Is Dead, Long Live the King
Mistah Abdullah, he dead. The horror. The horror. Abdullah was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. Old Abdullah was as dead as a door-nail. So what now? The crown prince, Abdullah’s half-brother, Prince Salman, has taken over, but it might not be that easy. After all, it wasn’t too many […]
Saudi King Abdullah is dead
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is dead. This is not an optimum time for a transition. The Saudis’ massive expenditures to export the jihad doctrine have come back to bite them in the form of the Islamic State, a self-proclaimed caliphate that denies the legitimacy of the House of Saud (and every other government other than […]