He argues from several angles. One is to denigrate the status of American civilians as “innocent,” which is noteworthy in light of the common apologist tactic of insisting Islam forbids the killing of “innocents,” and leaving the audience to apply their own definition of the term. Another argument he offers…
More members of the Tiny Minority of Extremists in moderate, tolerant, pro-American Kosovo? Of course, their presence in the Balkans is commonly written off as the product of Wahhabi influence. And while Saudi money has been instrumental in exporting jihad ideology and funding the activity that results, this explanation is…
I’m a big fan of my fellow Canadian NewsReal Blog contributor Christine Williams, not least because it requires considerable fortitude to defy Received Liberal Wisdom™ up here and find work in the media as an openly Christian, conservative visible minority.
However, I don’t quite share her optimism about Quebec’s role as the vanguard of any anti-Sharia [...]
“Emo” refers to a punk-influenced music sub-culture known for wearing a great deal of black (actually pretty easy for women in Saudi Arabia), heavy eye makeup, and generally appearing rather sad (though a little more dressed-down and less monochromatic than Goths). More extensive background than you probably need can be…
In 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy addressed the French parliament on the incompatibility of the burqa and women’s rights:
In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity … The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a [...]
This is not an academic question, totally detached from reality. As far as Israel is concerned, it is a question of life and death. And it was the first question I asked myself upon reading “Can Israel Afford to Slow Down Iran’s Nuclear Program?” by Yossi Melman in the May 20th issue of Haaretz.
Yossi Melman [...]
Apparently former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn isn’t the only Obama admirer with an affinity for Maoist methodology.
On Hardball Monday night, Chris Matthews began a week long rant about the BP oil spill that had him calling for the imprisonment of the whole BP board, possibly their execution, and for the President to nationalize [...]
Coptic leaders have been unsuccessful in efforts to get an audience with Obama. Perhaps he fears that to meet with them would be “Islamophobic.” “Coptic Christians Voicing Frustration With White House As Persecution Widens in Egypt,” by Youssef Ibrahim for the New York Sun, May 22 (thanks to George): The…
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It turns out it’s not just Iranians who have seen fit to draw equivalences between the Holocaust and mocking Islam and Muhammad (thanks to Kim). Of course, the issue is complicated by the propensity among Muslim communities for Holocaust denial. So, drawing that same equivalence, if they think the Holocaust…
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