Families Plead for Return of UK Schoolgirls Seeking to Join ISIS
The parents and siblings of three teenagers who fled England last week to join ISIS in Syria have pleaded with them to return home.
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Gabbard: Recognizing Radical Islam ‘Core Part’ of National Security
Representative and Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued that recognizing radical Islam as the fuel behind terror “must be a core part of our strategy” on Monday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “I think that’s what’s important
Hawaii Dem ‘Mind-Boggled’ by Pentagon Revealing Plans on ISIS Attack
On Monday, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)—noting the Pentagon’s astonishing desire last Thursday to speak to defense reporters about details of a prospective attack to Mosul on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—said she was “mind-boggled” at what transpired.
UN Women Liaison: Overuse of ‘Islamophobe’ Is Harmful
UN Women Liaison Zainab Khan said that dubbing anyone who ties a “theological component” to “radical ideologies” within the Muslim world an Islamophobe undermines progress and on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox News Channel. “There’s a deep ostracization of
British Soldier Abandons His Post to Join Kurds And Battle ISIS
The UK Daily Mail reports that a young British soldier—as of yet unnamed due to concerns for his safety and not yet officially considered AWOL—has left his post in Cyprus to join up with Kurdish forces in Syria and battle ISIS.
Maher: ‘Orwellian’ Not to Say ‘Islamic Terrorism’
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher declared “this idea we cannot call it ‘Islamic terrorism’ seems Orwellian to me” on Friday. Maher began by stating that President Obama’s argument that “no religion is responsible for terrorism, people are responsible for
Delusional: Obama, Kerry Plan to Fight Terror with ‘Peaceful Communities’
The Obama administration has no shame whatsoever about its denialist approach to radical Islamic terror. Rather than admit that its conference on “violent extremism” was, at best, window-dressing after the embarrassment of avoiding the Paris anti-terror march, it is attempting to turn political correctness into a foreign policy doctrine. The latest example is Secretary of State John Kerry’s “plan” for fighting “violent extremism,” published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal.
What Obama’s Valentine Story Says About His Islamic Extremism Response
The president’s speech at the conference on combating violent extremism Wednesday wasn’t nearly as bad as some of his other recent statements on the topic. He did not repeat the silly claim that ISIS is not Islamic. He did not refer to the Crusades or the Inquisition. And he at least attempted to explain why he refuses to adopt the phrase “Islamic extremist.”
Cruz: Obama ‘Apologist’ For Terrorism
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) dubbed President Obama “an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists” on Wednesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “What undermines the global effort [against terrorism] is for the President of the United States to be an
Krauthammer: Obama Sounds Like Christians Killed Muslims
Columnist Charles Krauthammer stated that after the president’s address at the White House’s violent extremism summit, “you would think that we are responding to the execution, the beheading of 21 Muslims on behalf of 21 extreme Christians somewhere in the
Gabbard: White House Ignoring My Critiques of Terror Rhetoric
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), an Iraq War veteran who has, on multiple occasions, criticized the Obama administration’s rhetoric on Islamist terror, reported that no one at the White House has reached out to her about her concerns on Wednesday’s “Situation Room”
Todd: WH Refusal to Say ‘Radical Islam’ Comes Off Too ‘Politically Correct’
NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that the White House’s refusal to say ‘radical Islam’ “comes across as if they’re trying to be so politically correct that they’re losing focus on what the problem is,” although the debate
Tulsi Gabbard: WH Extremism Summit ‘Diversion’
Representative and Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued the White House’s summit on violent extremism was “a diversion from what our real focus needs to be, and that focus is on this Islamic extremist threat” on Wednesday’s “Your World
Leading Expert: Yes, ISIS Is Islamic
The Obama administration made a kind of parlor game out of refusing to connect the Islamic State with Islam. The president himself said it most directly last year when he announced in a prime time TV address, “ISIL is not ‘Islamic.’”
Re-enacting Muhammad in Copenhagen
Shouting the jihadist battle cry declared by Islam’s prophet Muhammad himself, “Allahu-akbar” (“Allah is greater”), on Saturday, February 14, 2015, a Muslim gunman opened fire on participants at a Copenhagen, Denmark, conference on freedom of expression, killing 1 and wounding 3 others.
Gutfeld: Media, WH Too Scared to Identify Islamist Extremism
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld declared the media and the White House will not identify Islamist extremism because they’re afraid of it on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five” “Here we have the latest installment of NIDNI: ‘Nope, It’s Definitely
Atlantic’s Graeme Wood: ISIS Is Islamic
Graeme Wood, Contributing Editor for the Atlantic, stated that ISIS is “very Islamic,” although it holds a “very unpopular” view in the Islamic world on Monday’s broadcast of “The Cycle” on MSNBC. Wood, in reference to an earlier article he
GOP’s Melendez: #StandUpAgainstIslam Tweet Not Aimed at ‘Peaceful Muslims’
California Assemblywoman and United States Navy Veteran Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) faced a backlash this week over a tweet reacting to the death of Kayla Mueller by Islamic State (ISIS) militants.
Lieberman Criticizes Netanyahu No-Shows, Obama Terror Rhetoric
Former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) criticized Democrats threatening to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress and President Barack Obama’s rhetoric in the war on terror on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel.
Human Rights Group: Journalists Targeted ‘With Impunity’ in Post-Gaddafi Libya
Journalists in post-Gaddafi Libya are being threatened and even murdered “with impunity” for doing their job, according to a report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Obama Won’t Identify the Terrorists or Their Victims
The President, who refuses to identify the terrorists, now seems to have refused to identify their victims.
Gutfeld: WH ‘Terror Denialists’ The Real ‘Islamophobes’
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld argued that “terror denialists” in the White House were “truly the Islamophobic ones” on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Five.” “This is a very easy way to look at this. They are terror denialists. They
Jindal Criticizes Obama’s ‘Moral Equivalence’ on Radical Islam
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) criticized President Obama’s “moral equivalence,” and “mush” on radical Islam on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Jindal primarily criticized President Obama’s earlier remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, saying “we’ll keep an eye
O’Donnell Criticizes Obama Prayer Breakfast Speech
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell criticized President Obama’s speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki.” “The only comparable event in terms of religious war you can come up with is 800 years ago, and it is
Pirro: ‘Obama Is Comfortable With Extremism’
On Saturday, Judge Jeanine Pirro, host of the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” criticized President Obama’s comments at the National Prayer Breakfast, declaring “Barack Obama is comfortable with extremism.” “Barack Obama is comfortable with extremism…it’s part of what
