A profile in courage and moral responsibility. Last week Former European Union Commissioner Frits Bolkenstein, as per his book on Dutch Judaism, which was just released, claimed that “recognizable” Jews (those who wear kippahs or payot) were unsafe in the
by Andrew G. Bostom18 Jul 2011, 12:47 PM PST0
David “What have you done to win Iraqi hearts and minds today?” Petraeus’s Legacy of Post-Surge “Success” General David Petraeus continues to receive plaudits for the “successful surge” in Iraq–based upon his credo, “What have you done to win Iraqi
by Andrew G. Bostom18 Jul 2011, 5:25 AM PST0
Does this Baer posit the truth from his neck of the woods? Veteran CIA officer Robert Baer, who spent more than two decades years in the Middle East, including stints in Lebanon and Syria, predicted on the KPFK Los Angeles
by Andrew G. Bostom16 Jul 2011, 1:08 PM PST0
From a Hamas poster glorifying the martyr who drowns the Zionists in blood (used as part of the cover art for Raphael Israeli’s seminal “Islamikaze Data have just been released from a survey completed this week which confirm the implacable,
by Andrew G. Bostom16 Jul 2011, 7:43 AM PST0
Zabibah-Master meets master of clueless Middle East reportage He’s baaack–this time from a trip to Egypt, where itinerant reporter Michael Totten, in his own inimitably vacuous assessment, was “hanging with the Muslim Brotherhood.” Totten is the classic uninformed roving Middle
by Andrew G. Bostom15 Jul 2011, 10:32 AM PST0
Whittaker Chambers (April 1, 1901-July 9, 1961) Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of freedom. God alone is the inciter and guarantor
by Andrew G. Bostom7 Jul 2011, 9:23 AM PST0
OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu: “Blasphemy, Blasphemy Mucho” *(apologies to Andrea Bocelli) Bat Ye’or has appositely characterized Geert Wilder’s recent acquittal as a “Copernican revolution,” achieved by a solitary “unarmed man, constantly threatened by death and whose only defense was
by Andrew G. Bostom6 Jul 2011, 12:02 PM PST0
“Reformist” Yadh Ben Achour made the announcement rejecting “any form of normalization with the Zionist State,” …Yadh-a, Yadh-a, Yadh-a…. Res ipsa loquitur, from ANSA Med: Tunisia‘s commission of political reform announced that it adopted (by majority) a “republican pact’” that
by Andrew G. Bostom3 Jul 2011, 8:36 AM PST0
Turkey continues its regression to full re-Islamization–a process already begun within a decade of Ataturk’s death in 1938–and about to be fully realized under the fundamentalist Erdogan regime. Shredding the Turkish Constitution, which institutionalized Turkey’s harshly imposed secularism by assigning
by Andrew G. Bostom29 Jun 2011, 10:07 AM PST0
Left to right: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, Sudanese President ‘Omar Al-Bashir, Pakistani President Asif ‘Ali Zardari, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at the “World Without Terrorism
by Andrew G. Bostom28 Jun 2011, 6:08 PM PST0
Churchill understood the jihad depredations of Sudan’s Arab Muslims There is a refreshingly honest–and alarming–piece by Alan Boswell writing for Time on the accumulating evidence that yet another jihad genocide may be under way in The Sudan–Arab Muslim mass murderers
by Andrew G. Bostom21 Jun 2011, 10:32 AM PST0
Previously, I have compared and contrasted Newt Gingrich’s lucid understanding of the threat posed by Sharia supremacism, versus Mitt Romney’s muddled apologetic on jihad. Last evening’s (6/13/11) New Hampshire Republican primary candidates debate included a brief, but illuminating three-way exchange
by Andrew G. Bostom14 Jun 2011, 7:27 PM PST0
Dr. Mohamed Badi, Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, now best described as The “Perfect Slavery to Allah” (hurriyya), or “Zabibah Party” (see discoloration from repeated prayer-induced skin trauma on his forehead) From Ikhwan Web: Egypt’s largest political opposition the Muslim
by Andrew G. Bostom9 Jun 2011, 8:20 AM PST0
Bill O’Reilly, to his considerable credit, does not shy away from the appropriate use and discussion of the word jihad–for example, in this posting from July, 2007 entitled, “Avoiding the Jihad“. Indeed, this author had a frank if somewhat brief
by Andrew G. Bostom8 Jun 2011, 5:51 AM PST0
The Islamic Center of Toledo Mosque and Minarets Mosques as Barracks in America Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan represents the triumphant Janus-faced approach to the fundamentalist global “Islamic revival.” He and his pious forbears have now completed dismantling Turkey’s secular experiment,
by Andrew G. Bostom5 Jun 2011, 9:29 AM PST0
Prof. Mark Elchardus has displayed rarely seen European intellectual honesty and moral courage regarding Islamic Jew-hatred in his native Belgium According to Ahlul Bayt New Agency, The Vigilance Musulmane (Muslim Vigilance) advocacy group filed a complaint with the Centre for
by Andrew G. Bostom31 May 2011, 2:29 PM PST0
Robert Muise, Senior Counsel for the Thomas More Law Center: Teaching us how to solve the problem of Sharia A seminal, if ominous report released May 17, 2011 by the Center for Security Policy described fifty appellate court cases from
by Andrew G. Bostom29 May 2011, 11:25 AM PST0
Images of Iraq’s “successful transformation” into a society dominated by Shiite fundamentalism and its accompanying hatred of the West, and of course, Jews Veiled women supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march while holding a sign that reads, “no, no to
by Andrew G. Bostom26 May 2011, 1:11 PM PST0
The Living Legacy of Zia Ul-Haq, Godfather of Pakistan’s Modern Jihadist Military Then U. S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson, alarmed by her interaction with trainees at Pakistan’s National Defense University (NDU), where, after addressing them, she had “received astonishingly
by Andrew G. Bostom25 May 2011, 12:39 PM PST0
Sweet Cairo-line, Sharia Times Never Look Good Wael Ghonim, Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa was presented Monday 5/23/11 with one of the 2011 “Profiles in Courage” awards by the John F. Kennedy Library. Ghonim
by Andrew G. Bostom24 May 2011, 5:58 AM PST0
Raped by Afghan Muslim Reality. Canadian journalist Melissa Fung has written what is described in the Vancouver Sun as a “chilling memoir” of her experiences in Afghan captivity for 28 days–stabbed, confined in a dark prison hole, and raped, while
by Andrew G. Bostom23 May 2011, 3:03 PM PST0
The Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International, “Gallup Pakistan,” and the Gilani Foundation polled a representative sample of 2,530 men and women in the rural and urban areas comprising a cross-section of various education, income, age and linguistic backgrounds. The majority
by Andrew G. Bostom21 May 2011, 2:47 PM PST0
Ikram Irked by Unclean Infidels’ Charges–The Unindicted Taliban Imam’s Son Doth Protest According to the US District Court of Southern Florida indictment of imam Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, Law enforcement agents recorded a series of phone calls in 2009
by Andrew G. Bostom16 May 2011, 7:40 AM PST0
BRAVE FIGHTING MARINE AWARDED NAVY CROSS FOR SLAYING JIHADIST ENEMIES IN AFGHANISTAN ARLINGTON, Va.-Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Gunnery Sgt. Brian M. Blonder during a ceremony at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington,
by Andrew G. Bostom15 May 2011, 12:29 PM PST0
CAIR’s Nezar Hanze does his real life Claude Rains impersonation. The American Hamas, i.e., the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR ) South Florida Chapter Executive Director, Nezar Hanze, claimed to be “very shocked…very shocked” (he characterized other members of
by Andrew G. Bostom15 May 2011, 8:26 AM PST0