Yet another convert to Islam somehow got the crazy idea that his religion of peace and tolerance mandated warfare against unbelievers. But German authorities, like authorities all over the West, just don’t care how or why this happens. Why do you care, you greasy Islamophobe? “German national gets 10-year sentence for murder committed in Syria,” […]
Syria: Islamic State claims responsibility for explosion that murdered US service members
This will be seized upon as evidence that we should keep our troops in Syria and fight on until the Islamic State is completely eradicated. But there will arise another jihad group after it. Shall we keep our troops there forever? There are other, more effective ways to deal with this threat. We need to […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: In Syria, Who’s On First?
President Trump surprised and dismayed many when he announced in late December that he would be pulling out the last remaining American troops — 2,000 Special Forces — from Syria. He said at a the time that ISIS in Syria had been defeated, and that it was time to bring the troops home. Many of […]
Islamic State bans burqa for security reasons
UPDATE: This story turns out to have been Iranian disinformation. Our source below did not note the Iranian provenance of its information. ———- Well, the Islamic State has demonstrated that it is much smarter a group than Western leftists. They showed up every leftist supporter of the burqa by banning it for security reasons. Another […]
Islamic State seizes Syria villages from US-backed forces
The Pentagon and the establishment analysts keep telling us that the Islamic State is losing. There are just a few inconvenient facts that need to be ignored in order to establish that. “ISIS seizes Syria villages from US-backed fighters: activists,” Agence France Presse, June 20, 2016: BEIRUT: ISIS launched a surprise assault Monday near its […]
Liberation? Woman in town freed from Islamic State casts off niqab to reveal…hijab
The niqab is the full face veil, leaving only the eyes uncovered. The hijab covers only the hair. Liberation from oppression? The ever-clueless MailOnline thinks so, but it isn’t. Just a lessening of the oppression. Both the niqab and the hijab are based on the same principle, that it is the woman’s responsibility to remove […]
Islamic State stones two people to death on charges of adultery
Stoning adulterers is not “extremist”; it is Islamic law. The caliph Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, even maintained that it was originally in the Qur’an: ‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, “We do not find the Verses of the Rajam (stoning to death) in the […]