Not to mention "a more hostile, more Islamic, more sensitive Middle East, one more [attuned] to public sentiment, less controlled by the regimes, and less susceptible to international influence." There is aid and investment. We have leverage in Egypt, for example, that we do not appear to be using on…
Now, remember, these are the "moderates." That is, of course, unless they have been taken over by ancient Aztecs, as this rhetoric would tend to imply. "Palestinian kids created as ‘fertilizer,’ to saturate the land with blood," by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, January…
Human shields, partly for strategic purposes, and partly for propaganda purposes. "Israel: 1 in 10 houses in south Lebanon used for arms storage," from the Daily Star, February 2: BEIRUT: Israeli Intelligence estimates that one in every 10 houses in south Lebanon serves as a missile storage facility or a…
This self-righteous instability will eventually impoverish the entire society, both materially, as angry mobs destroy what they will, and intellectually, as dissent becomes physically dangerous. An update on this story. "Calls to Behead Indonesian Atheist Alexander Aan," by Presi Mandari for the Jakarta Globe, February 2 (thanks to The Religion…
Hizballah intends to ensure they serve their sentences in absentia as well, and there appears to be no political will in Lebanon to demand otherwise. One of those indicted has boasted that authorities know where he lives, but cannot arrest him…
Wherever Sharia experiences a resurgence, the observable effect is that tolerance decreases and harassment of all kinds increases. Muslims are certainly not immune, especially if they belong to sects at variance with the dominant practice of …
The new spokesman is reportedly the German convert Omar Scheister. "Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman Abul Qaqa," from BBC News, February 1: Police in Nigeria say they have arrested the spokesman of the Boko Haram militant group which has carried out scores of attacks recently. A police official said the…
The message changes with the audience. When the Brotherhood’s members are talking among themselves, or to Arab and Muslim audiences, there is a very firm, if not openly antisemitic, line against peace with Israel. It is plausible, though, as …
When the uprising was useful to them, they did not hinder it, and they supported it. Now they’ve got a good thing going and the usefulness of the revolution and of public dissent as a means to an end has run its course, unless the Ikhwan decid…
Muhammad said: "I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim." – Sahih Muslim 19.4366. Of course, it would be bad for business for the Saudis to say they’re giving them the boot for daring to gather in prayer and worship,…
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