Can Muslims live in a democratic country that is tolerant of others’ views? Or are there fundamental and philosophical differences that will forever divide the West and Islam? For many, 9/11 represents how incompatible these two systems really are. Dr.
by Uncommon Knowledge21 Aug 2011, 1:17 PM PST0
Troubling numbers and facts from Soeren Kern at the Hudson Institute: “Islamic mosques are being built more often in France than Roman Catholic churches, and there now are more practising Muslims in the country than practising Catholics. Nearly 150 new
by El Cid19 Aug 2011, 6:11 AM PST0
Southern Israel was attacked by four different terrorist cells today resulting in at least seven dead six were civilians (two young children aged 6 and 4) and one was a soldier. At least another 40 have been injured. The coordinated
by Jeff Dunetz18 Aug 2011, 1:40 PM PST0
Australian Federal Police officer Narelle Jensz, right, with Wylie, while he was being operated on at the Kandahar base in Afghanistan. The Australian (hat tip Religion of Peace). has a moving report on the humane efforts of Australian Federal Police
by Andrew G. Bostom18 Aug 2011, 9:15 AM PST0
Bat Ye’or’s 2005 Eurabia: the Euro-Arab Axis portrayed Western Europe’s recrudescent dhimmitude, chronicled in real time, by our most informed contemporary scholar of the dhimmi condition. Living as an eyewitness in Geneva–a major European center, with its United Nations, NGOs
by Andrew G. Bostom17 Aug 2011, 7:01 PM PST0
I explained in a column last week that the Democratic Party and other leftists are a national security threat. I noted that they have rapidly increased their demonization of the Tea Party and conservatives in general. They have called for
by Paul Hair17 Aug 2011, 2:20 PM PST0
Avian Cloaca: Bousquet’s Sharia Metaphor Foxman: Avian-Brained on Sharia Abraham Foxman’s latest uninformed rant, “Shout down the Sharia myth makers,” re-affirms his nonpareil status as the most blindly agenda-driven and distressingly stupid organizational Jewish “leader.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)’s Foxman
by Andrew G. Bostom15 Aug 2011, 3:14 PM PST0
Freedom is more embattled in America today than ever. My group, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), has begun tracking the activities of numerous active groups that are threats to freedom in the United States today on our Threats to
by Pamela Geller15 Aug 2011, 1:33 PM PST0
Bernard Lewis: What Went Wrong? This summer’s Claremont Review of Books contains a featured review essay by Robert R. Reillyi which discusses Bernard Lewis’s essay collection “Faith and Power,” ii and the nonagenarian historian’s reflections upon the so-called Arab Spring
by Andrew G. Bostom13 Aug 2011, 10:34 AM PST0
Naser Abdo is in the news again for allegedly planning an attack on Fort Hood. One of the interesting things about this story is that the Army apparently recommended that Abdo be separated from the Army as a conscientious objector
by Paul Hair11 Aug 2011, 9:26 PM PST0
The mainstream media has begun to notice the millions of Americans concerned with the anti-Constitutional character of Shariah, or Islamic law. Predictably, they’re intent on smearing these people, and cooking up sinister Koch Brothers-like figures they intimate are pulling the
by Dave Reaboi11 Aug 2011, 1:54 PM PST0
So far in 2011, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has posted 30 video clips from 24-hour news networks to its official YouTube channel. Six were from CNN and two were from Fox News Channel. The remainder must be from
by Adam Savit11 Aug 2011, 4:31 AM PST0
[youtube 5b-Pjo9XgGw] Egyptian Shaykh Muhammad Hassan, who is one of the most popular and well-known Islamic clerics in Egypt and even throughout the Islamic world (there is even a campaign in Egypt to try to get him to run for
by Al Mutarjim10 Aug 2011, 4:31 PM PST0
The Democrats and other leftists have rapidly increased their demonization of the Tea Party and conservatives in general during the past few weeks. They have called for congressional investigations into “Christian militants” and “right-wing extremism”. They have continued their campaign
by Paul Hair9 Aug 2011, 5:33 AM PST0
Ideology and Practices Would you allow a murderer to teach your children? What about their friends who support their actions, would they make good teachers? What if the actions these people support involved sex with minors or the mutilating of
by Mark Polege8 Aug 2011, 4:24 PM PST0
John Nolte at Big Hollywood picked up something interesting from a Maureen Dowd column. The Obama administration, it seems, has granted an unusual amount of access to the team behind The Hurt Locker (writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow)
by Dave Reaboi8 Aug 2011, 3:59 PM PST0
The once outlawed Islamic Band of Brothers is showing its shariah bona fides since coming to power after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak was an ally to the US and helped, as did his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, to
by Jason Bradley8 Aug 2011, 12:53 PM PST0
Dr Hayward (left), the Muslim convert “RAF Ayatollah” at an Armed Forces Muslim Association event last year with a more authentic Ayatollah to the right. An apparently rare breed of British military officer with the appropriate patriotic moral clarity and
by Andrew G. Bostom8 Aug 2011, 8:08 AM PST0
Marine BG John Toolan: More stuff for Afghans … or else. — At the very end of this story lies the money quote on the thunking bankruptcy, military and political, of the American strategy in Afghanistan. It is the bankruptcy
by Diana West6 Aug 2011, 3:32 PM PST0
As an authentic grass roots movement in which every Local Tea Party organization has different beliefs from the next we have a core value system aligning with all the others. Some are libertarian, some are religious, some are the flat-out
by Benjamin Smith6 Aug 2011, 5:22 AM PST0
As I’ve advocated for some time now, the American political system needs to better vet our candidates. Barack Obama was allowed to pass through without providing basic details about his background. Is vetting of Republicans/conservative candidates any better? Imad “David”
by Kent Clizbe5 Aug 2011, 10:11 AM PST0
From a source in Washington: More intelligence is emerging about Breivik and his foreign connections, and here’s an update with the important caveat that none of it is completely confirmed at this time. However, the interim reports are compelling reading.
by Niccolo Machiavelli5 Aug 2011, 7:10 AM PST0
Today my colleague, the perspicacious Norwegian essayist Fjordman (whose prolific writings can be read here), was compelled to surrender his anonymity after reluctantly granting an interview to Verdans Gang (published in English, here). An hysterical, morally cretinous press and blogosphere–Norwegian,
by Andrew G. Bostom5 Aug 2011, 7:00 AM PST0
If Leftist media outlets had their way, the whole world would be pinning the tragic shootings in Norway on the Tea Party. First Amendment notwithstanding, the Tea Party would be systematically dismantled by the FCC, the ATF, and big government.
by Dr. Gina Loudon and Dr. Dathan Paterno4 Aug 2011, 6:34 PM PST0
Just this week, approximately 100 Syrians have been killed. In Afghanistan, Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Helmand province. Kirkuk, Iraq experienced a vehicle born IED detonating in front of a Christian church killing more than twenty. And
by Kerry Patton4 Aug 2011, 5:32 AM PST0