Armistice Day 2014
Veterans’ Day is November 11 because on November 11, 1918, the Armistice between the Allies and the Central Powers took effect. World War I had been more peculiar, unnecessary and pointless than most wars, but from it comes many lingering features of the American and international political landscape: the messianic idea of “making the world […]
Robert Spencer speaks at Veteran’s Day Ceremonies in Sierra Madre, California
On Sunday, November 9, I had the honor of speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Veterans’ Day Ceremonies in Sierra Madre, California. Pictured is the Veterans Wall in Sierra Madre’s Memorial Park, where the event was held. Hard-Left California Representative Judy Chu was on hand to give awards to several of the veterans, and […]
Turkish journalist: Charge of “racism” and “Islamophobia” are “accusations bullies always use to silence people who disagree with them”
Important truths enunciated by a courageous Turkish journalist. “The West’s Dangerous Enchantment with Islam: Muslim Women Thrown ‘Under the Bus,’” by Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute, November 9, 2014: The loudest voices in the West now seem to come from many progressives who say that criticizing of Islam is racist, intolerant, bigoted and Islamophobic. Injustices, they […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: 10 New Signs of Britain’s Impending Demise
My latest in PJ Media, on the ongoing train wreck that is contemporary Britain: Last May, I wrote an article titled “The 5 Latest Signs of Britain’s Imminent Demise.” These were, unfortunately, not anomalies. In Britain these days, galloping toward ruin is a more popular sport than soccer, and so an update is in order. […]
National Cathedral to host Muslim prayer co-sponsored by Hamas-linked CAIR and ISNA
Legend has it that when the Muslims conquered Jerusalem in the year 637, Sophronius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, invited the caliph Umar to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Umar declined, explaining that if he did, the Muslims would convert the church into a mosque, as Muslim prayers had been uttered there. Former […]
Israel: Islamic jihadist stabs woman to death, injures two other people after trying to run them over at a bus stop
“Palestinians” have been encouraged recently to use their cars for jihad attacks. Maher Hamdi al-Hashalmoun tried to do so, but failed, and had to resort to his knife. Over at the UN and in the Obama White House, this will become the foundation for new denunciations of…Israel. “Young woman killed in West Bank stabbing attack,” […]
Nigeria: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murders 48 at high school assembly
Boko Haram means “Western education is sin,” or more literally, “Books bad.” The mainstream media has reported on this name as if the group were a bunch of Luddites with AK-47s – people who for some unexplained reason object to modern education and modern technology except for the weaponry. But actually the moniker “Boko Haram” […]
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