What About Moderate Muslims?

Photos from Restoration Weekend 2011

Spencer with ace anti-jihad artist Bosch Fawstin Bearded presidents’ forum Frank Gaffney, Robert Spencer, Daniel Greenfield, Raymond Ibrahim, Jamie Glazov Cain, Steyn, Beck, Coulter — check out the photos from this year’s Restoration Weekend …

Herman Cain | Restoration Weekend 2011

Rejecting Capitalism, on Religious Grounds

The Catholic Worker Movement condemns capitalism for “pitting owners against workers,” “widening the gap between rich and poor,” and infecting the human heart with “spiritual destitution.”

Iran: Protesters storm British embassy, enter premises

They so badly want a repeat of the U.S. embassy takeover. A member of Iran’s assembly suggested it while commenting on Sunday’s resolution that called Britain "worse than the devil" and called for the expulsion of its ambassador. He said "The British government should know that if they insist on…

U.K.: 3500 girls in London at risk for female genital mutilation each year

The elephant in the room here is the role of Islamic jurisprudence in perpetuating the practice: "Hanbalis hold that circumcision of women is not obligatory but sunna [commendable according to the word or example of Muhammad, but not obligatory], while Hanafis consider it a mere courtesy to the husband."…

No one wants to talk about "Arab Spring" antisemitism

And everyone wants to pretend the imposition of Sharia that is following each revolution won’t be a problem, and could even be an improvement. After all, there’s promise after promise of "moderate" Islamic governance. One consistent trait that betrays the outwardly friendly face of the revolutions the antisemitic rhetoric that…

Indonesia: Hundreds of "hardline Muslims" gather to denounce "arrogance" of church for continuing to exist

First, the congregation of Indonesian Christians continues to exist. The next thing you know, they’ll want to continue to exist with dignity in peace and security. The unmitigated gall! More on the unending saga of the Yasmin Church in Bogor, …

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb reportedly planning wave of kidnapping of Westerners in North Africa

A possible fundraising drive for Jihadists Without Borders. "Terror: Al-Qaeda ‘planning N. Africa kidnapping wave of Westerners’," from AdnKronos International, November 29 (thanks to Kenneth): Algiers, 29 Nov. (AKI) – Algeria’s secret service agency believes a branch of Al-Qaeda is planning a wave of abductions of Westerners in North Africa,…

Nigeria: At least 45 Christians reported killed in recent weeks by Muslim herdsmen and soldiers

This story popped up briefly in the mainstream media around the time of the incidents in rather vague reporting: a bunch of people died in another round of violence for which the alliterative "sectarian strife" has become a stock media phrase. Here, finally, is more of the story. "At…