The other night I watched a British documentary about the Ground Zero mosque controversy (for which I was interviewed, and in which I appear) that portrayed Sharif El-Gamal as a good-hearted schlub who was trying to do a good deed and ended u…
Jewish Christianity and the Origins of Islam and the Koran by Ibn Warraq Professor Peter Bruns of the Otto-Friedrich-Universität (Bamberg, Germany), provides a very useful, critical survey of recent research on Islamic origins, but from an im…
The term "aggression" used in the fatwa is vague, and likely to be deliberately so: all hell can break loose at a time and place of their choosing. "Fatwa for Jihad against America," from The Nation, September 26: LAHORE – As many as 50 religious scholars associated with the Sunni…
Leftists have a taste for authoritarianism. Every time the hard Left has been in power, the freedom of speech is destroyed. Thus it is not surprising that these Leftist Useful Idiots would be idolizing thugs who are enemies of the freedom of speech. "Supporters rally around the ‘Irvine 11′…
Our friend and ally Pakistan is holding anti-American rallies. From Reuters (thanks to Maxwell): Girls hold placards while standing on a U.S. flag during an anti-U.S. rally in Hyderabad, Pakistan, September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Akram Shahid "Go America Go." Heh. Good advice. We should go, and leave the Pakistani jihadists…
For this, international authorities ought to condemn the Red Cross. But they won’t. "Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker in Jerusalem," by Daniella Cheslow for the Associated Press, September 26 (thanks to Maxwell): JERUSALEM (AP) — Undercover Israeli police officers on Monday arrested a Hamas lawmaker who had been hiding in the…
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the big news for women’s rights out of the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced that women will have the right to vote in the next Saudi elections. Pardon me if I am u…
He helped fellow jihadists who were going to kill themselves in an act of murder. He seems to be just a bit selective about how and when he cares about "human rights" and personal safety, and that is because of the double standard that is part and parcel of jihadist…
An update on this story. "Six charged with terrorism offences," from BBC News, September 25: Six men have been charged with terrorism offences, including a suspected suicide bombing campaign, West Midlands Police have said. Four of the men were charged with preparing for an act of terrorism in the…
The fact alone that the location has been publicized as a CIA station suggests a problem. "Afghan attack: Gunfire heard at Kabul ‘CIA station’," from BBC News, September 25: Gunfire and a blast have been heard from a compound said to house the CIA station in the Afghan capital Kabul….
