Joyless puritans unite against the same “offensive” song. My latest in PJ Media: Many people have asked me how Leftists can ally with Islamic hardliners who adhere to Sharia, a system of laws that would have many of them executed. One clue to the logic of this curious alliance came recently in the “Baby, It’s […]
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” ban shows intersection of Islamic and #MeToo sensibilities
The bans on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” ironic in this age of gangsta rap lyrics full of violent rape imagery and open and unapologetic misogyny, are being rolled back here and there after listener outcries, but they’re still instructive. They show an intersection of Sharia sensibilities with the harsh and angry puritanism of some radical […]
Jihad terror enters new phase 15 years after 9/11
Until Western ostriches wake up and recognize that to oppose Islamic supremacism, the worst enemy of human rights and democracy, is not remotely anti-Muslim, but a necessary defense of Western civilization, we will continue to slowly lose our freedoms. On one side, terror will be struck into disbelievers by violent jihadists, and on the other, stealth jihadists […]
Islam and the West: A Cultural Divide
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” — Robert Frost In a recent article in Canada’s National Post, Tom Blackwell writes about the findings of an Alberta study which suggests that there is “a culture clash…common for graduates of foreign medical schools.” He recounts that some doctors new […]