Why Moderate Muslims Balk at “Je Suis Charlie”
Why Moderate Muslims Balk at “Je Suis Charlie” by Afzal Upal, PhD Unless you happen to be a news-junkie and a Middle East expert (like me), you are probably confused about what our leaders and pundits are telling us about events unfolding around the world. On the one hand, our leaders and pundits tell us […]
Obama: “Overwhelming majority of Muslims reject” jihadists’ view of Islam
99.9% of Muslims, Obama says, reject the terrorists’ understanding of Islam. That still leaves 1.3 million jihadis or jihad sympathizers, but never mind that for now — where is this 99.9%? Where are the Muslim organizations that are dedicated to working against the jihadists? Where are the Muslim marches and protests against al-Qaeda, the Islamic […]
Saudis free woman jailed for “insulting Islam”
We are so much enlightened in the free world. In the free West, no one gets jailed for insulting Islam. Instead, you just get forcibly silenced with vandalism, while the intelligentsia cheers on the vandals. We are so very much more enlightened here than they are in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Raif Badawi remains in prison, […]
Marvel Comics Muslima superhero on a jihad against free speech
Predictably, the UK’s far-Left Guardian is thrilled that authoritarian thugs defaced Pamela Geller’s AFDI ads calling attention to Islamic Jew-hatred in San Francisco buses. They either do not realize or do not care that once the principle is established that an unpopular group’s freedom of speech can be forcibly silenced, it can be turned on […]
Dalai Lama: Unfair to associate terrorism with Islam
Terrorism should not be associated with Islam, says the Dalai Lama, because all Muslims are “neither terrorist nor its sponsorer.” Sponsorer? Anyway, the Dalai Lama is right that all Muslims are neither terrorists nor “sponsorers” of terrorism, but he says nothing about the texts and teachings of Islam. What if they contain exhortations to “slay […]
UK Muslim leader: London Mayor’s calling jihadis “losers” was “terrorism”
Note the sleight of hand. We’re constantly told that jihad terrorists aren’t true Muslims, but are twisting and hijacking the Religion of Peace. But when Boris Johnson says something about jihad terrorists, a Muslim leader takes offense and claims he is tarring all Muslims. This is a common trope that Islamic supremacists use: I myself […]
Charlie Hebdo editor criticizes hypocrisy of “I Am Charlie” world leaders
The Saudis are by no means the only hypocrites. How many Leftists in the U.S. shouted “Je suis Charlie” and then applauded the defacing and destruction of the AFDI ads in San Francisco? “‘Saudi Arabia says ‘I am Charlie’ but it is not': Charlie Hebdo cartoonist attacks hypocrisy of leaders who marched in name of […]
Japanese PM “infuriated” by Islamic State’s murder of Japanese hostage
Well, he has one up on Obama, who has never been “infuriated” by jihad murders. But in response, Abe vowed to “persist with [Japan’s] non-military support for fighting terrorism.” I am sure the caliph is quaking in fear over that. This is just the sort of pusillanimous response that the Islamic State is counting on […]
“The whole city is in fear”: Boko Haram jihadis attack Nigerian city
Boko Haram, whose official name is the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, can act with apparent impunity in Nigeria, with the government (despite its boasts) unable or unwilling to stop them. “Maiduguri under fresh terrorist attack,” by ‘Jola Sotubo, Pulse, February 1, 2015: Boko Haram insurgents have launched a […]
Islamic State destroying all books other than Islamic texts
They are following in the illustrious footsteps of the caliph Umar, who is supposed to have said when ordering the ancient, fabled library of Alexandria to be burned: “If the books agree with the Qur’an, they are superfluous. If they disagree with it, they are heretical.” “Iraqi libraries ransacked by Islamic State group in Mosul,” […]
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