Tajikistan’s curious anti-Islam campaign has already seen the government cracking down on beards and hijabs, the traditional female garment in Muslim culture. They have also asked imams to include praise for the secular government in their sermons and applied travel restrictions to Muslim citizens seeking to make the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The beard ban has reportedly been taken as far as the forcible shaving of illegally luxurious facial hair by security forces.
by John Hayward10 May 2015, 8:20 PM PST0
This week’s Saturday Night Live took on a controversial and timely issue in spoofing last week’s Draw Muhammad contest, at which two Islamist radicals were killed after opening fire on a cartoon contest in Garland, Texas.
by Daniel Nussbaum10 May 2015, 4:35 PM PST0
Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio (R-FL) argued US anti-terrorism policy should emulate Liam Neeson’s character in “Taken” during a speech in South Carolina on Saturday. Rubio called for a Middle Eastern policy of “working with out allies to confront
by Ian Hanchett9 May 2015, 5:43 PM PST0
Former Rhode Island Senator and Governor and prospective 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee argued that terrorists should be treated like criminals, and that “we have to calm it down” on Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO. Chafee, in a discussion
by Ian Hanchett8 May 2015, 10:45 PM PST0
CNN anchor John Vause wondered if questions were “being asked” if “in some ways, were they asking for some kind of attack” during CNN’s coverage of the shooting at the Mohammed Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland, Texas on Sunday. Vause
by Ian Hanchett3 May 2015, 8:49 PM PST0
On Saturday at South Carolina Republican Party’s annual convention, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who recently won two straw polls in two of South Carolina’s biggest counties, forcefully attacked big business for its collusion with the Democratic Party in attacking Indiana’s religious liberty law. He also slammed the Obama administration for its intrusion on Americans’s liberty.
by William Bigelow3 May 2015, 5:03 PM PST0
Malala Yousafzai was just 15 years old when a gang of thugs boarded her school bus and shot her in the head in 2012. Her “crime” involved crusading for the education of young girls living under Taliban oppression. After a trial shrouded in secrecy, it appears that a Pakistani court has dealt life sentences against ten men involved in the attack.
by John Hayward1 May 2015, 5:58 PM PST0
Activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali responded to her critics by saying “there are two different tactics of silencing individuals like me who want to start the conversation about what in Islam needs to change,” hit lists and smear campaigns
by Ian Hanchett21 Apr 2015, 9:56 PM PST0
Senator and prospective presidential candidate Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-KY) is “his father’s son” on foreign policy and “behind” President Obama and Hillary Clinton Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. “Generally speaking, he’s been
by Ian Hanchett20 Apr 2015, 6:55 AM PST0
The father of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who left to join ISIS and become a jihadi bride with two friends has admitted he took her on multiple Islamist marches – one when she was just 13-years-old. “The only reason we [he
by Liam Deacon7 Apr 2015, 5:28 AM PST0
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued that terrorism is “not about people who are alienated” or impoverished, but really caused by Islamic extremism on Monday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. After being read President Obama’s concern about the “alienated, youth” population turning
by Ian Hanchett6 Apr 2015, 4:08 PM PST0
Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul says ISIS represents the closest thing the world has seen to a “Fourth Reich” and urges world leaders to expand the military campaign against them to ensure their “annihilation.”
by John Sexton26 Mar 2015, 6:08 PM PST0
It has long been feared that ISIS could ally with Somali terror group al-Shabaab, which has been tied to al-Qaeda. As Osama bin Laden’s gang fades and the Islamic State rises, ISIS might look like a better partner for the Somalian militants. ISIS recently accepted an oath of fealty from Boko Haram in Nigeria.
by John Hayward24 Mar 2015, 5:37 PM PST0
Author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali said that calling people Islamophobic is “a way of shutting up debate” on Monday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. Hirsi Ali argued that calling people Islamophobes is “a way of shutting up
by Ian Hanchett23 Mar 2015, 8:47 PM PST0
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) declared “we shouldn’t be blindly following Europe where you’ve got second and third generation immigrants that don’t assimilate, don’t integrate” on Wednesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “Look, America’s built on religious liberty.
by Ian Hanchett18 Mar 2015, 8:54 PM PST0
Delma Institute Analyst Hassan Hassan said that the claim that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam is “absolutely false” on a Fox News Channel Special on Saturday. Hassan said, “I think there is a tendency among people, I think
by Ian Hanchett14 Mar 2015, 8:17 PM PST0
The government is planning a crackdown on behaviour which fuels radical Islam in the UK, a leaked Home Office report has revealed. Around 320 “dangerous” jihadis have already returned from fighting abroad but under a new “get tough” strategy, those
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Mar 2015, 7:25 AM PST0
Republicans have renewed their enthusiasm for Middle East war. Okay, fine. Let’s just be sure that this time, we win. And that means doing things differently: Different from Barack Obama, of course, but different, also, from George W. Bush.
by Virgil7 Mar 2015, 4:05 AM PST0
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked if “death to America” and “death to Israel” chants in Iran are “just a slogan” on Friday’s broadcast of “Wolf.” Blitzer, interviewing Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, asked “when you hear these thousands of
by Ian Hanchett6 Mar 2015, 12:11 PM PST0
Who is America’s greatest national security threat at the present time?
by Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-MS 42)4 Mar 2015, 8:00 PM PST0
The King of Jordan, like President Obama, believes Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) jihadists should not be called “Islamic extremists.”
by Edwin Mora3 Mar 2015, 8:55 PM PST0
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld praised Jordan’s King Abdullah for his ISIS rhetoric and contrasted it with the US’ “ocean privilege” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Gutfeld reacted to a clip of Abdullah dubbing the fight against ISIS
by Ian Hanchett2 Mar 2015, 2:47 PM PST0
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) said that State Department was “out of touch with reality” on Thursday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. Regarding the debate over the terminology used to describe terrorism and John Kerry’s declaration that
by Ian Hanchett27 Feb 2015, 7:17 AM PST0
In light of escalating terrorist activity in its western Xinjiang region, the Chinese legislature is considering its first terror-specific criminal code—which, in its current form, would make any speech the government deems to “undermine public security” a criminal violation.
by Frances Martel26 Feb 2015, 5:54 PM PST0
Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) said that during a recent meeting with President Obama “We got to hear the president tell us that even if the Supreme Court rules against him [on] Obamacare, he’s not interested in revisiting the issue” on Tuesday’s
by Ian Hanchett24 Feb 2015, 7:15 AM PST0
