Jan 18, 2015 12:49 am | Robert Spencer
Notes by Pamela Geller and me about the free speech rally today in Garland, Texas: Despite the media’s smear attack on those of us who are standing for freedom, we were unbowed. Today in Garland, Texas, thousands of freedom-loving Americans took a stand for the freedom of speech. Block after block, row after row, Texan […]
Jan 17, 2015 04:25 pm | Robert Spencer
This kicks like a mule and will keep you going through a long night of beheadings, yo. “Cache of ‘jihad methamphetamine’ popular among ISIS fighters seized in West Bank,” by Ben Hartman, Jerusalem Post, January 17, 2015 (thanks to Anne Crockett): A potent stimulant popular both with jihadist groups like the Islamic State and soldiers […]
Jan 17, 2015 03:57 pm | Robert Spencer
The jihad against Europe is continent-wide. And at the rate things are going, the continent will go to its death muttering, “This has nothing to do with Islam.” “AP Source: Greek police detain 4 alleged terrorists,” by Demetris Nellas, Associated Press, January 17, 2015: ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police have detained four suspected terrorists, […]
Jan 17, 2015 03:47 pm | Robert Spencer
I appeared on Sun TV’s Straight Talk on Thursday to discuss attempts by the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to stigmatize and ultimately criminalize criticism of Islam.
Jan 17, 2015 11:39 am | Robert Spencer
This article summarizes the Islamic jihad against the freedom of speech that I have spoken and written about for years — you can get a great deal of information about the OIC’s war against free speech in my 2008 book Stealth Jihad and my 2013 book Arab Winter Comes to America. It is remarkable that […]
Jan 17, 2015 11:23 am | Robert Spencer
When the Fox Preaches by Michael Devolin “When the fox preaches, look to your geese.” –German proverb No sooner had the blood dried (literally) from Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris, France than we hear of Oxford University Press’ decision to censor from its publications any reference pertaining to pork or pigs, and all this because […]
Jan 17, 2015 11:09 am | Robert Spencer
Cameron is winning praise for daring to suggest that the foe we face has anything to do with Islam. At the same time, however, he continues to maintain that the jihadis are “perverting” their peaceful religion. That is an unproven assertion and not a harmless one: it forces law enforcement and intelligence officials to waste […]
Jan 17, 2015 10:45 am | Robert Spencer
Angela Merkel has condemned Pegida, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident, as “racist.” What race is Islamization? This and other mainstream news stories on the movement calls it “far right.” Why is it “far right” to defend the freedom of speech, the freedom of conscience, and the equality of rights of all people before […]
Jan 17, 2015 10:32 am | Robert Spencer
The Muslim leaders in the West who claim that there is no incompatibility between Sharia and free societies should not only condemn the cartoon rage protests, but should institute programs to teach Muslims in mosques and Islamic schools why they should accept the freedom of speech and not riot or kill over cartoons of Muhammad. […]
Jan 17, 2015 10:17 am | Robert Spencer
The Western intelligentsia’s response to this savagery will likely be to call for voluntary self-censorship so as not to offend Muslims — rather than to call for a robust defense of the freedom of speech and resolute stand against these violent attempts to make the non-Muslim world conform to Sharia blasphemy laws. “Niger protests over […]
Jan 17, 2015 09:57 am | Robert Spencer
The freedom of speech under violent assault. But this would never happen in the free West. Here they’ll just mock you as a bigot and shut down your website with DDoS attacks. But in both Pakistan and the U.S., the motive and goal is the same. “Clashes at Charlie Hebdo protest in Karachi, three injured,” […]
Jan 17, 2015 06:28 am | Robert Spencer
No more sanctions! They could upset the process of making disastrous and irreversible concessions to a bloodthirsty regime with genocidal aspirations! “Obama warns U.S. Congress against more sanctions on Iran,” by Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton, Reuters, January 16, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Friday not […]
Jan 17, 2015 06:19 am | Robert Spencer
Thursday on Michael Coren’s The Arena with guest host Marissa Semkiw.