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Why did your culture end up valuing hate over love and death over life?
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq top dog says the jihad will go on
Not giving up. “Al-Qaida leader in Iraq calls for continued jihad,” from AP, March 23: CAIRO — The self-described leader of an al-Qaida front group has called for continued jihad against Iraq’s American “occupiers” after the March 7 election that he claims was boycotted by most Sunni Arabs. In a…
UK: Israel Society at Cambridge University calls off talk by historian “for fear of being portrayed as a mouthpiece of Islamophobia”
There is no indication in this article about what Morris actually said that was so offensive, or whether or not it was true. Actually, it probably was true: as in the Wilders trial, as Pat Condell has said, “Fear of free speech is the symptom of a profoundly neurotic and…
In Defense of the American Task Force on Palestine
When they say they want peace they really mean it.
Fitzgerald: Arabia Petraea, Or General Petraeus’ Middle East (Part 3)
Part 1 is here, and part 2 here. In 1918, T. E. Lawrence set down some advice for his fellow British military men (and civilians) on Understanding and Dealing with the Bedu for “beginners in the Arab armies.” Given that Lawrence had been working with the Sharifian forces for less…
Fitzgerald: What the Mufti of Syria hopes you don’t know
“According to the Mufti, the conflict between Israel and its Arabs neighbors has nothing to do with an Islamic war against Judaism.” – from this story about the Mufti of Syria Of course he would say that. Muslims are deeply worried that as people all over the Western world who…
Fitzgerald: Dubai, or Rodeo Drive on Stilts
Dubai is a place, and a symbol. As a place, it has no claim on our attention. Voltaire once described French Canada as “quelques arpents de neige.” Dubai, like the rest of the Emirates, like Saudi Arabia, could with more justice be dismissed, as “quelques arpents de sable.” It also…
Pakistan: Raid in tribal area nets foreign jihadists
The reason this keeps happening is, of course, the shared goal among jihadist movements to impose Islamic law. Pakistan raid kills ‘Arab, Sudan fighters’,” from Agence France-Presse, December 31 (thanks to Sr. Soph): AFP – Pakistan commandos raided a private hospital before dawn in a Taliban stronghold near the Afghan…
Fitzgerald: Countering the Jihad
One thing that could be done would be to send a few thousand troops to seize the southern Sudan and Darfur. For by now it should be clear that the Arabs of the north have no intention of allowing the southern, black African Sudanese to hold a referendum on independence….
Fitzgerald: Things looking up for Israel in Europe, if only the Israelis can hold on
Until the 1967 war, many in Western Europe saw Israel — correctly — as a tiny and besieged state, surrounded by enemies who wished to destroy it. In this respect, they were helped along by the fact that the leader of those who would after the Six-Day War be carefully…
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