I see London, I see France, but if I see a mosque, it’s time to riot! “Alleged blasphemous images trigger protests in Kashmir,” by Faiz Ahmad National Turk, June 6 (thanks to Maxwell): Srinagar, June 5: The alleged blasphemous images of a mosque on undergarments sparked protests in Srinagar, the…
In Human Events this morning, I explain what’s wrong with building a 15-story mega-mosque at Ground Zero: Now that it has been revealed that not one, but two mosques are planned for the area around Ground Zero, the supremacist and triumphalist character of this effort is clearer than ever. Is…
Complaining about the Judaization of Jerusalem makes about as much sense as complaining about the anglicization of London. Or the Americanization of Kansas City. Of course, so much of the Islamic narrative about Jerusalem depends on layer upon layer of radical historical revisionism that the clerics do not recognize anything…
Not that we’d expect Hamas to call for a day of hacky sack tournaments and indie rock concerts. In any event, things are going downhill fast in Jerusalem, and the usual suspects are egging it on. “‘Day of rage’: Riots in Jerusalem,” from YNet News, March 16: The day dubbed…
Telling lies to further the jihad — as Muhammad said, “War is deceit.” “PA Libel: Israel tried to burn down Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969,” by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook for Palestinian Media Watch, March 15 (thanks to all who sent this in): As Palestinians continue almost daily rioting in…
The Masih al-Dajjal, or false messiah — i.e., Antichrist — is a figure from Islamic eschatology, and yet another excuse for Muhammad, and thus Muslims after him who revere him as the excellent example of conduct, to calumniate Jews. “Egyptian Sheikh: ‘The (Anti-Christ) Will Come Forth from a Jewish Woman…
Yes, but jihad to what end? If Qaddafi means jihad in order to subjugate non-Muslims and women under the hegemony of Islamic law, then he ought to be opposed just as energetically, if not more so, than if he had endorsed terrorist acts. The focus in the West has been…
Anti-Israel professor Rashid Khalidi politicizes and academic awards ceremony.
