We’re often told that poverty causes jihadist terrorism — a claim for which numerous counterexamples are readily available. But much less attention is paid to how jihad and the strictures of Sharia help to perpetuate poverty, illness, misery, and underdevelopment, as in this case. “Doctors Without Borders Clinic Attacked in…
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Marisol | May 7, 2010 | Posted in
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This story makes extensive use of the “culture” canard — that is, don’t blame Islam, blame “cultural” influences. Here’s the problem: Cultural influences do count, and in a big way. Why? Islam, despite its claims of being eternal, unchanged, and handed down in perfect form from on high, did not…
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Marisol | April 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Apologists will be quick to say the aspects of the story that are coming out now are “un-Islamic.” But Islamic law, along with its many inherent defects, creates broader conditions for exploitation and abuse. Thus, playing the “un-Islamic” card in this case would amount to an attempt to duck responsibility…
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Marisol | April 10, 2010 | Posted in
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A public school in Seattle counseled and sent a 15 year old to have a free abortion without telling her parents.
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Paul Cooper | March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Can the Senate’s defectors derail the government takeover of health care?
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Jacob Laksin | December 16, 2009 | Posted in
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