Feb 02, 2015 10:57 pm | Robert Spencer
What did Kyrksaeteroera do to deserve Mullah Krekar? What will prevent Mullah Krekar from waging jihad from Kyrksaeteroera? “Norwegian law bars him from being deported to Iraq, where he risks the death penalty.” So Mullah Krekar’s life is more valuable than those of the Norwegians he may cause to be murdered. That is the prevailing […]
Feb 02, 2015 08:21 pm | Robert Spencer
Still more converts to Islam misunderstand their new religion, which every last leader in the Western world assures us is peaceful, and somehow get the idea that it calls them to commit treason and murder. Yet nary a mosque in Canada has any program in place to teach converts to reject this understanding of Islam […]
Feb 02, 2015 07:53 pm | Robert Spencer
That Tiny Minority of Extremists just keeps growing. “Poll’s finding on Islam and violence should ring alarm bells,” by Barçin Yinanç, Hürriyet Daily News, February 3, 2015: “We have been following with great concern what is happening at the Fatih Mosque in Istanbul,” a Western diplomat told me, in reference to demonstrations of support of […]
Feb 02, 2015 07:09 pm | Robert Spencer
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a […]
Feb 02, 2015 06:48 pm | Robert Spencer
And they may get it, as well. Is this America? The surrender to Sharia norms and collapse of a general understanding of the value of the freedom of speech is happening so rapidly, it’s extraordinary. “Somali protestors demand teacher resign over Mohammed cartoons,” by Alex Stonehill and Alex Garland, Seattle Globalist, February 1, 2015 (thanks […]
Feb 02, 2015 06:12 pm | Robert Spencer
“Bishop Kevin?” *Heavy sigh* “Yes, Father Bud?” “I’m really sorry to bother you with this kind of thing again, but the Islamic State –” “You mean ISIL?” “Yes, ISIL. They’ve opened a market in Mosul to sell stolen Christian property.” *Wearily* “Bud, the airstrikes are continuing –” “Yes, Bishop Kevin, the next time you have […]
Feb 02, 2015 05:45 pm | Robert Spencer
This survey makes it clear: the problem in Britain is not just the government. All too many of the British people have the government they deserve, and as Britain gallops toward civil war and destruction, this is the path the Brits have chosen. Unless there is some massive change, the British people will eventually find […]
Feb 02, 2015 03:56 pm | Robert Spencer
Pamela Geller has the news: “To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.” Abraham Lincoln AFDI to hold $10,000 Muhammad cartoon contest and cartoon art exhibit at site of “Stand With the Prophet” conference NEW YORK, January 24: The human rights advocacy group the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) […]
Feb 02, 2015 01:47 pm | Robert Spencer
Mohammed said: “I was simply exercising freedom of speech and expression, in the same way people express their freedom of speech when making derogatory comments about Islam. It works both ways.” Sure. No one should suppress his freedom of speech. He should be heard far and wide, along with a public discussion of Islamic Jew-hatred […]
Feb 02, 2015 09:00 am | Robert Spencer
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 […]
Feb 02, 2015 06:32 am | Robert Spencer
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 […]
