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NYPD Stands Down on Anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombing

NYPD Stands Down on Anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombing

The New York Police Department announced Tuesday, the first anniversary of theBoston Marathon jihad attack, that it was disbanding a special unit that had beendedicated to watching for jihad terror threats in Muslim communities.  That’s good; afterall, who ever heard

The Intolerance of Brandeis

The Intolerance of Brandeis

Intolerance of tolerance is certainly no virtue. But bowing to pressure from the intolerant is cowardly. That is what Brandeis President Frederick Lawrence displayed when he revoked the honorary degree the university had planned to bestow on Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Indian Socialist Party Leader: Rape Victims 'Should Be Hanged'

Indian Socialist Party Leader: Rape Victims 'Should Be Hanged'

Abu Azmi, the leader of India’s Samajwadi (Socialist) party in the Midwestern state of Maharashtra, argued India’s laws against rape were insufficient because “nothing happens to women, only to men,” and that anyone engaging in sexual activity outside of marriage, “with

Brandeis U. decides against honor for Islam critic

Brandeis U. decides against honor for Islam critic

BOSTON (AP) — After taking heat from some of its own over a decision to grant an honorary degree to an advocate for Muslim women who has made comments critical of Islam, Brandeis University withdrew the planned honor Tuesday night.

Syria's Assad Says Political Islam Project Has Failed

Syria's Assad Says Political Islam Project Has Failed

The “project of political Islam has failed,” Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday, calling for the separation of religion from politics, state television said. Assad’s regime has been battling an uprising that has come to be dominated by Islamists,

Why Turkey's Local Elections May Have Global Impact

Why Turkey's Local Elections May Have Global Impact

Driving into Istanbul from Ataturk International Airport, the image looms, enormous and omnipresent: the stubbornly stern face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Libya and Iraq,” one Turkish businessman told me of

The Palestinian Country of Lies

The Palestinian Country of Lies

It is news to no one that throughout the negotiations with Israel, despite Islam’s ban on lying, the Palestinians have consistently lied. Surah Al-Haj (Surah 22, verse 30) and Surah Al-Ghafir (Surah 40, verse 28) of the Qur’an, as well