—– Transcript courtesy of Mediaite: And when I say Westerner, I mean someone who believes in the values that Western people believe in that a lot of the Muslim world does not. Like separation of church and state. Like equality
A report issued by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) in September shed light on a new approach in the discourse about jihad. Saudi writer Khaled Al-‘Ghanami wrote an op-ed in the al-Watan newspaper and ‘Abdallah Al-Naggar wrote one
Perhaps just as minorities and women are fair game for the Left, provided they are Republicans or Conservatives, it appears that Juan Williams leaving NPR and joining Fox News in an expanded role now makes him fair game as well.
The absence of yellow in the color scheme of some newspapers should not be misconstrued as indicative of the quality of “journalism” to be found therein. Recent scribblings in The Tennessean of Nashville are a case in point. The “religion
—– Maybe a better name for Jon Stewart’s rally would’ve been “Multicultural-Sensitivity Suicide Rally.” Or maybe Colbert wasn’t kidding about keeping the fear alive. According to Nick Cohen at Standpoint, Salman Rushdie, the author forced into hiding for years because
Should we adopt a terrorist and pray for them? That’s the idea behind a Christian ministry called (not surprisingly) Adopt-a-Terrorist for Prayer. An excerpt from their website: “Where is the Christian response to terrorism? If the struggle against violence done
President Jimmy Carter made international human rights the centerpiece of his foreign policy. As a result, the United States distanced itself from autocratic regimes. The problem with this morally satisfying stance is that liberty isn’t autocracy’s sole enemy. Pres. Carter
Analyst Reuel Gerecht’s confused, uninformed pieties versus Professor J.J. G. Jansen’s scholarly lucidity Analyst Reuel Mark Gerecht, in a recent New Republic essay, condemned those who “demonized” Sharia–Islamic Law–despite conceding that the application of what he refers to deferentially as
Vlad Tepes has posted a string of pieces collectively entitled, “The Imam Always Gets His Man: Why Royal Canadian Mounted Police Outreach Isn’t Working,” that tells us that the same suicidal institutional mindset we saw on display recently among Homeland
While Jon Stewart puts on his safely PC Detached Irony Mock-Fest a little later today, keep this unexpected moment from last night’s Real Time with Bill Maher in mind. After noting that Mohammed is now the most popular name for
Beware of Islamic jihadists shipping cargo. And especially on the weekend before midterm elections. A friend writes: What do you think? Isn’t this new terror attack just a bit too convenient for comfort? So, the Americans were alerted by Obama’s
While the news this election cycle has been focused on horse races and high-wattage personalities like Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell, one of the most important races in the country has slipped below the national radar–despite the fact that one
Bill O’Reilly, who generally eschews the label of “conservative,” portraying himself, instead, as an “independent with traditional values,” has been vehemently taking on “the Muslim problem” for the past several months. While O’Reilly often frustrates true conservatives and libertarians with
In the endgame of Election 2010, speculation abounds concerning the impact the Tea Party movement will have. All over America, politicians, pollsters and pundits are frantically trying to predict the repercussions that will flow from the engagement of these folks
This week marks the anniversary of an epic event that’s no longer commonly known but which nonetheless shaped the future of the Western world, and which may still hold inspiration for the West today. After the death of the Muslim
Democratic party front group Media Matters for America has lied twice in recent weeks while coming to the defense of Democrats up for reelection who have come to be known as the ‘Fallujah Four’ for allegedly aiding terrorists in Iraq.
Federal agents arrested a man Wednesday for plotting to bomb the Washington, D.C., subway system, the Justice Department announced. It was the second arrest in as many days involving Americans hoping to wage violence for al-Qaida or the Taliban, and
Part 14 of a serialization of Shariah – The Threat to America, the report of Team B II of the Center for Security Policy. Here, we look at the contents of the secret Muslim Brotherhood strategic plan for North America,
Malaysia is on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s agenda this week as she swings through Asia. When she visits with Malaysian leaders, she might meet with Anwar Ibrahim, a supposed democracy and reform leader who, it is said, has been
When Russian census taker Anastasia Fedotova came to the door of President Dmitry Medvedev, the president noticed the scarf the census takers were given. “What else do they give you,” Medvedev asked. “A flashlight and a whistle,” Fedotova responded. “Why
During the Ronald Reagan Administration, Voice of America (VOA), the nation’s international broadcast network, was used effectively to educate the Soviet people about the virtues of freedom. By all accounts, it played a huge roll in bringing down the Soviet
In a speech to members of her Christian Democratic Union party in Potsdam on October 16, German Chancellor Angela Merkel drove a stake through the heart of European Utopian fantasies. Referring to the influx of foreign workers to Germany since
Over the last few days, on the news channels and the net, it has been wall-to-wall coverage of the Juan Williams firing by the tools over at National Public Radio. NPR was serving the hydra-headed, Hamas-supporting Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Daily Mail is reporting that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law recently underwent a religious experience and now is a practicing Muslim. Is Prince Charles next? An excerpt: Tony Blair’s sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having a
This week marked the 15th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. Rabin was a pragmatic man, who negotiated with (and even shook hands with) a terrorist simply to prevent further bloodshed of innocent Israelis, but he
