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Islam and Jihadism - part 5

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: June 12, 2008 · Comments (6)

Why Islam Is Not The Enemy, and The New Mid-East disclaimer - this concluding article was originally written in 2006, and may reflect a perspective different from the modern focus. We do not war against Islam, nor should we. Let's begin with the practical side. As I said early... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (8 votes cast)

islam and Jihadism - parts 3 and 4

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: June 12, 2008 · Comments (1)

Policies of the Terror State Some people may be aware that the Ayatollah Khomeini, while exiled from Iran by Reza Shah Pahlavi during 1978-9 lived and taught in France. This apparently extraneous detail is important, as a study in tolerance as a strategic blunder and also as a lesson in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (9 votes cast)

Islam and Jihadism - Another Perspective

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: June 12, 2008 · Comments (3)

When Jay posted his series of articles, I was impresed. These days, far too many people just post a relatively brief article, which frankly is far from enough with regard to Islam. Jay's pieces were well-considered, in-depth, and should stimulate lively debate. I thought about a few appropriate responses, but... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (9 votes cast)

Fawn the Media, Part III

Posted by Charlie Quidnunc · Published: May 4, 2008 · Comments (0)

You may remember Jay Tea's posts on the dreadful On the Media radio program that described the Canadian Human Rights Commission's efforts to silence speech critical of people who were Muslim. In Fawn the Media part II, Jay said:They decided to devote some time to the plight of some Muslims... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (7 votes cast)

Video of the Day

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: March 31, 2008 · Comments (9)

LOL time! Sad thing is, I think a lot of them actually think this way. Hat Tip: The Jawa Report... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (15 votes cast)

"Fitna" is still available

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 29, 2008 · Comments (11)

Yesterday Melissa linked a story about how video-hosting site Live Leak, known for its advocacy of freedom of speech, had decided to pull the short documentary film Fitna by Dutch politician Geert Wilders due to direct threats on their staff. Some have speculated these threats may have come from Islamic... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (10 votes cast)

Burqa Chic

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: March 12, 2008 · Comments (14)

Hey, how about some haute couture with your oppression? The burqa goes chic! The burqa is the wardrobe of choice for many Muslim women. It is worn over a woman's daily clothing, usually covering her from head to toe. Today, the burqa has gone designer, popping up on fashion runways... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (12 votes cast)

Conversions- The story of Issa Fazli

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 29, 2008 · Comments (3)

In 1999 Fareeha Fazli was a Pakistani Muslim woman studying in the United States. She had permanent residency. In 2000 Issa Fazli got married. Fareeha converting to christianity, besides having female to male gender reassignment surgery. Things got interesting when the couple went back to Pakistan in 2001. Both families... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.2/5 (4 votes cast)

Is Great Britain No More?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 4, 2008 · Comments (10)

A few posts below, I linked to an article that reported a quarter of Britons don't realize that Winston Churchill was a real person. Today Bryan at Hot Air has a compelling post about the Islamifiction of Great Britain. One day Britons will wake up and realize their once great... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (20 votes cast)

Pakistani Cleric: Convert the World to Islam, by Force if Necessary

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (3)

It's impossible to forget that Pakistan has 100 nuclear weapons, so if Musharraf should fall and the government is taken over by fanatics like this teacher, then we could all be in big trouble. A FANATICAL Pakistani cleric told The Sun yesterday of his chilling dream to turn the world... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (15 votes cast)

Hope

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (2)

Just last week a Catholic Church in the county I live in had its Christmas collection stolen. If you don't know, the Christmas Day collection at most Catholic Churches is several times larger than the normal Sunday collection. These yearly windfalls are saved for church expenses later in the year... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (11 votes cast)

More from the Religion of Peace

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (4)

A Muslim cleric in Iran says that women who don't wear the hajib should die. A top Muslim cleric in Iran, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said on Wednesday that women in Iran who do not wear the hijab or Muslim headscarf, should die. "Women who do not respect the hijab... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (10 votes cast)

So Where's the ACLU?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 21, 2007 · Comments (6)

Will the ACLU pounce on this, claiming that it violates separation of Church and State? Columbus Manor Elementary School in Oak Lawn, the school that banned Christmas, pork and Jell-O, hosted a performance funded by a local Mosque, which tells us that the school isn't really interested in teaching about... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (22 votes cast)

The Dutch Government Abandons Ayaan Hersi Ali

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: October 8, 2007 · Comments (3)

It's disgraceful how the Dutch government has treated Ayaan Hersi Ali, one of this world's most important critics of radical Islam. Anne Applebaum of the Washington Post has a great opinion piece today: The test is this: Are prominent, articulate critics of radical Islam, critics who happen to be citizens... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (14 votes cast)

School District May Ban Christmas and Halloween to Accommodate Muslims

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: September 30, 2007 · Comments (24)

Unbelievable. It appears dhimmitude knows no limits: So long, Halloween parade. Farewell, Santa's gift shop. The holiday traditions are facing elimination in some Oak Lawn schools this year after complaints that the activities are offensive, particularly to Muslim students. Final decisions on which of the festivities will be axed will... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (20 votes cast)

Gwen Stefani Submits to Malaysia's Islamic Rules

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (24)

Hollaback Girl appeared to be quite appropriate for Gwen as she submitted to the Islamists in Malaysia who protested that her clothing could corrupt Malaysia's youth. Gwen Stefani was a good girl, just like she promised. The American pop singer wowed fans in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Tuesday, dressed demurely to... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (15 votes cast)

The Flying Imams Finally Drop Suit Against John Does

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (11)

From The Becket Fund: One week after being asked by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty to sign on the dotted line, the "flying imams" did just that, dismissing all claims against the unidentified passengers who reported the suspicious behavior of six imams aboard a U.S. Airways flight in November.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (20 votes cast)

Netherlands Catholic Priest: Let's Just Call God "Allah" to Get Along

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: August 15, 2007 · Comments (39)

God doesn't care what we call Him, this priest argues. And if we're going to pray anyway, why not at five specific times during the day and facing a particular direction. After all, God doesn't really care when or in what direction we pray, right? A proposal by a Roman... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (34 votes cast)

Arab Princesses Removed from Airplane

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 28, 2007 · Comments (42)

They insisted that other passengers submit to their demands, which was segregated seating because they didn't want to sit next to men they didn't know. Well, they were thrown off the plane for creating such a ruckus: Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (26 votes cast)

Practicing Islam in Public Schools

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 10, 2007 · Comments (78)

Investors Business Daily has an editorial today in which it writes the a San Diego public school has set aside 15 minutes each day to allow Muslim students to pray. Non-Muslim students are left to sit and do nothing while teaching time is suspended. The ACLU's reaction? Yawn: Political Correctness:... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (45 votes cast)

Ohio Governor Speaks at CAIR Event

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: June 20, 2007 · Comments (3)

I lived in Ohio my entire life until my husband and I bought a business in Northern Michigan in January and moved there in March. Today I learned that my former governor, Democrat Ted Strickland, who was elected in November 2006, spoke at a CAIR banquet. The Ohio press doesn't... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (23 votes cast)

How would you feel if your seventh graders participated in this?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: June 4, 2007 · Comments (54)

I found this at LGF and I was stunned. I know middle schools teach about world religions, but this project is way over the top, particularly the photos of the little girls in hijabs. For one night, on May 9, the quaint colonial town of Amherst, New Hampshire, was transformed... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (25 votes cast)

The Feds to Investigate Islamberg

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: June 4, 2007 · Comments (12)

I wrote about Islamberg's training camp in upstate New York last month. It's a closed community that scares the heck out of the locals, who have heard the sound of gunfire and small explosives coming from inside the camp. The feds are finally looking into this group: A remote Muslim... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (15 votes cast)

Christopher Hitchens: How did a nation move from cricket and fish-and-chips to burkas and shoe-bombers in a single generation?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: May 22, 2007 · Comments (50)

In his most recent Vanity Fair piece, Christopher Hitchens returns to Finsbury Park, the neighborhood in which he grew up, and laments how much of it is no longer recognizable. Returning to the old place after a long absence, I found that it was the scent of Algeria that now... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (27 votes cast)

Muslims Shouldn't get Rights Denied other Religious Groups

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: May 14, 2007 · Comments (14)

But, as the Examiner points out, Muslims all over this country are getting special treatment that Christian and Jewish groups are routinely denied. The principle of separation of church and state in tax-funded institutions has been upheld in more than a dozen Supreme Court rulings. As a result, overtly religious... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (19 votes cast)

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