If you have been paying attention – and even if you have not – by now you know that something is going on in Yemen. You have heard about the “Houthis” – that is, a group of Shi’a, who have named themselves after a leader of one of their tribes,…
“We are at war…with Islamic heretics” — from an article in the Los Angeles Times by Judith Miller and David Samuels Now we all know what a Christian heresy is. It is a belief that is held by some who call themselves Christians that has been characterized or defined…
I have heard on the radio, and read, a new theme about Nidal Malik Hasan. Now it is not so much “Islam has nothing to do with it” as – well, yes, come to think of it, Major Nidal Malik Hasan gave that lecture so nicely illustrating, for those with…
Nidal Malik Hasan offered a course in Islam here, but his real course in Islam came later, at Fort Hood. KILLEEN, Texas – Leaders of the vibrant Muslim community here expressed outrage on Friday at the shooting rampage being laid to one of their members, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who…
Some keep telling us that Nidal Malik Hasan’s act “had nothing to do with being a Muslim.” And there is a variant on this, used by those who, though they may have reservations about Islam, offer us a false alternative. One such Offeror of False Alternatives is that publicity-hound the…
#1. “Major Hasan’s motives are still being investigated, though his family and acquaintances cited stress fro his counseling job, his opposition to the wars, his pending deployment and his feeling that he was being harassed as a Muslim.” #2. “But those who work day in and day out treating…
Saturday, November 7: I have spent much of today listening to programs and reading online as much as I can stand of the American and foreign coverage about Fort Hood, and the mass-murdering Nidal Malik Hasan. I have been subjected today to as much nonsense and demisemihemi quasi-quavering distractions and…
There is every evidence, as has been repeated here in many postings, that he was an unswerving, perfectly orthodox Muslim. He was not a recent convert, like Richard Reid or Jose Padilla, or John Walker LIndh, or David Hicks. He was not a seemingly lapsed or indifferent Muslim, as was…
“Washington, DC, Oct. 16 — At the Oct. 15 Fourth Annual Gala of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), the National Security Advisor, General James L. Jones, reiterated the Administration’s commitment to establishing a Palestinian state and determination to move forward with peace talks. “We are clear, unambiguous and…
In order to keep listeners hooked, the radio broadcaster, the late Paul Harvey, would report some incident, one that perhaps had already been in the news, and then announce that he would be adding to it with these words: “And Now For The Rest Of The Story.” While Tarek Mahenna…
An article in the Washington Post several weeks ago tells you much of what you need to know about Scott Gration, former General and an early supporter of Obama (who was looking around for generals to support him). He spent some time in his youth in the Congo and Kenya,…
Quaere: Why is Turkey in NATO? Is Turkish membership of any value, or is it a danger to the effectiveness of NATO as that organization must necessarily turn its attention away from Russia to the threat from Islam worldwide, and especially to the threat, foreign and domestic, that Muslims who…
“Online reports of a study by the US Central Intelligence Agency cast doubt over the survival of Israel beyond the next two decades. Regardless of the validity of the report, with what is now known about the costs in blood and treasure that the U.S.-Israeli relationship has imposed on the…
“Each of us must use our own mind in pursuit of truth. (17:36; 10:100; 39:17-18; 41:53; 42:21; 6:114-116; 10:36; 12:111; 20:114; 21:7; 35:28; 38:29).” (Edip Yuksel here.) If Edip Yuksel believes that “each of us must use our [sic] own mind in pursuit of truth,” then why does he feel…
The Saudis — the skimming-off-the-top gang known as the Al-Saud family, and their courtiers, and the government itself — have more than a trillion dollars squirreled away for their Rainy Day Fund. And they will continue to receive, far into the future, hundreds of billions every year. But their proleptic…
