Christian workers on the Arabian Peninsula “are often exploited and sometimes treated as human beings of second class”

That is, like dhimmis. Imagine the global outrage if the shoe were on the other foot, and Muslims were so restricted. “Vatican’s top cleric in Arabia walks a thin line,” by Barbara Surk for the Associated Press, December 25: ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Vatican’s top cleric in…

Yemeni Muslim cleric: Jews are apes and pigs, we are human beings

MEMRI video (thanks to Pamela). It’s in the Qur’an: “And (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward…

Fitzgerald: Azzam al-Tamimi and the Zionist neo-Nazis

The well-known Hamas propagandist, the “Palestinian” Arab Azzam al-Tamimi, has recently denounced the Swiss for their vote, one overwhelming in favor of banning minarets, on a program beamed out by Al-Jazeeera. Azzam al-Tamimi is quite a figure in London, where he used to be — just a few years ago…

Common sense: German defense minister says West should abandon hopes of creating democracy in Afghanistan

He says it’s because of its “history and its cultural orientation.” That is true, but those things are true because of the deep roots of Islam in the country, leading most people there to want Afghanistan to be a Sharia state. “Guttenberg: Afghan democracy impossible,” from The Local, December 26…

The Countculturalists and Gitmo North

Editor’s note: Click here for a collection of the previous exchanges between Pajamas Media’s Mary Grabar and NewsReal’s David Swindle in this dialogue regarding marijuana legalization, conservatism, and the counterculture.
David, thank you for letting me reply once more.
You’re right:
“It’s not pot-smoking counterculturalists that are sending Guantanamo detainees to Illinois.”
But the [...]

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From the Pen of David Horowitz: December 26, 2009

People who identify with the Left often ask the following question: How is it possible for decent human beings not to be progressive like us? How can they not share our concern for social justice or the better world we are attempting to create? The answers progressives give themselves are the following: Ignorance clouds the [...]

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Fort Hood jihadist’s imam is alive after all

Demonstrating a perhaps Hitlerian ability to avoid destruction even when in its close proximity. An update on this story. “Radical cleric is said to be alive after Yemen airstrikes,” from AP, December 26 (thanks to all who sent this in): Sana, Yemen – A U.S.-born radical cleric is alive after…

Radical Islam’s Defiling of Christmas – by Joe Kaufman

Anti-Christian Muslims celebrating hate for the holidays.

Suspect in attempted bombing of Detroit flight had visa to attend “religious ceremony”

This is potentially significant, due to the highly plausible double meaning of the “ceremony” as an act of jihad, as well as for jihadists’ common habit of referring to an upcoming attack as a “wedding.” At the very least, it would behoove authorities to ask for more details before granting…

Suspect in attempted bombing of flight to Detroit was reportedly on a watch list

Profiling! Islamophobia! No, wait… More on this story. “Passenger Lights Explosive on Delta Flight,” from CBS News, December 25: A Northwest Airlines passenger landing in Detroit on Friday tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said. The passenger, who was traveling…