Category: Islam
Very disturbing surveillance footage comes out of the attack on the Nairobi mall
CNN was able to obtain footage from surveillance cameras showing the first day of the four-day-long attack that al Shabab Islamic terrorists made against the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The video makes for horrifying viewing. It’s terrible to watch because we, as sympathetic and empathetic humans, must always be
Continue readingThe core issue between Islam and the West is control over women
I have written often at this blog about the wise words a friend of mine told me more than a decade ago. I can no longer remember his precise words, but I can summarize them: Islam’s problem with the West, he said, boils down to sex. Muslim men are terrified
Continue readingWill American Jews listen?
A friend sent me this article by a former Israeli soldier who know works for StandWithUs, an organization that counters the antisemitic and anti-Israel bile that pours forth on American campuses under the banner of the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement. The hatred he experiences is staggering, all the more
Continue readingThe utter depravity and nihilism of modern Islamic terrorism
The Watcher’s Council submissions this week are extraordinary, but this one rises head and shoulders above them all. I don’t want it to be buried in the long list of articles that makes up the Watcher’s Council submissions. This deserves to be read, read again, shared, analyzed, and otherwise trumpeted
Continue readingThe difference between Islam and other religions
Libby, a Bookworm Room friend, came up with one of the most accurate statements I’ve ever seen distinguishing Islam from other religions. I have to share it with you: The difference between Islam and other religions is that while other religions inspire their followers to control themselves to avoid sin,
Continue readingDid Kenya bring religion into disrepute?
I was trolling through Facebook, where one of my friends posted this article about last weekend’s events in Kenya. (Read only if you have a very strong stomach or, if you don’t, are willing to be sick to yours.) One of his friends, in turn, commented that Al Shabab’s acts
Continue readingPaul Weston — “I am a racist”
Defending what is good about your country is racist. So is describing Islam and its cultural and political practices. Regarding Islam, let me be clear that this is not the same as the antisemites making things up about Jews, as they have since time immemorial. Instead, what we know about
Continue readingThree degrees of separation
I enjoy reading my Liberal-Lefty friends’ Facebook posts because they are so insightful into the mindsets of the Left. One insight that I have gained over time is that the differences between us conservatives and the Progressive/Left are so profound that they are unlikely to ever be bridged, barring some
Continue readingIf you’re in the mood for a mind-bending experience, read about Michael Totten’s visit to Hezbollah’s Disneyland
Michael Totten is a true journalist — an endlessly curious, extremely brave, open-minded but opinionated man who doesn’t just sit in a field office taking information from locals who have an agenda. Instead, he goes out there and investigates. Totten’s most recent foray took him to Hezbollah’s very own theme
Continue readingDouglas Murray’s “Islamophilia : A Very Metropolitian Malady” — a sharp, witty look at a Western world in deep denial
For a bibliophile, one of the joys of blogging is getting to review books. I actually don’t review a significant percentage of the books I get because I find them unreadable. This isn’t always an indictment of the books I receive. They may be exquisite examples of their genre, but
Continue readingWhen a gun is a gun and not a flower
The photo above must be one of the most iconic images from the hippie, anti-war period. A youthful anti-Vietnam War protester, faced with a ring of National Guard troops pointing their rifles at him, carefully places a flower in each muzzle. He thinks, no doubt, that the flowers have magically
Continue readingThe Middle Ages were brilliant
One of the standard paradigms of modern Western culture is that the Middle Ages were a dark, primitive time. While that’s true for the era between Rome’s fall and about 1,000 A.D., after 1,000 A.D. Europe enjoyed an explosive, intellectually vibrant time. (To understand the groundwork for this intellectual explosion,
Continue readingEveryone is free to have his own opinion — so long as it precisely tracks Islam
The Economist has a chart that tracks the data Pew gathered when it polled Muslims around the world about their beliefs. It turns out (no big surprise here) that those of you who denied the existence of assimilated, “moderate” Muslims were right. To the extent these MINOs (Muslims in Name
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