Jordan queen says fight against the Islamic State is “fight for the future of the Middle East and Islam”
Will the fight against the Islamic State succeed in saving Islam? The supporters of the Islamic State can and do point to Islamic texts and teachings to justify what they do. The Muslims in the West who denounce the Islamic State have thus far ignored the Qur’anic justifications for their actions, and declined to address […]
Ibn Warraq’s Christmas in the Koran: A new challenge to the standard account of Islam’s origins
Contrary to the confidence of establishment scholars that Islam was born and grew “in the full light of history” (to borrow Ernest Renan’s unfortunate and inaccurate phrase about the life of Muhammad), there is a great deal of the obscure and questionable about the origins of this most controversial of religions. In a series of […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Is the Islamic State Islamic? And Why It Matters
Last night I spoke at a New Hampshire synagogue for the excellent group NH4Israel. The topic was “Is the Islamic State Islamic? And Why It Matters.” There was a lively Q and A — video of it will follow at a later date. Thanks to Brad Amante for this video.
4 Muslim groups responsible for 66% of all 17,958 terror killings in 2013
But, but, but, Tim McVeigh! “4 Sunni Muslim Groups Responsible for 66% of All 17,958 Terror Killings in 2013,” by Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, November 19, 2014 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): (CNSNews.com) – The number of people killed by terrorists worldwide in 2013 rose by 60 percent compared to the previous year – from 11,133 […]
Virginia Muslima will stay in jail until trial on Islamic State-related charges
“Neighbor Adrian Ford said she found it ‘strange’ when Coffman started wearing a burqa because she used to wear T-shirts and jeans.” Yet Islamic advocacy groups in the U.S., along with their Leftist allies, have consistently denounced any identification of devoutness in Islamic observance as an indicator of possible “radicalization.” The facts again and again […]
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