Philippine President: Give Muslims self-rule or “count body bags”
MARCH 28, 2015 10:20 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
In other words, They’re holding a gun to our heads. Give them what they want. Here is yet more indication that terrorism works, which is why we keep seeing more of it: “Give Muslims self-rule or `count body bags`: Philippines` Aquino,” Zee News, March 27, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): Manila: Philippine President Benigno Aquino called […]
NY gang boss resurfaced at Florida mosque, sending jihadists overseas
MARCH 28, 2015 8:11 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER5 COMMENTS
What happens to turn a former Marine into someone who wants to murder top generals? Why, conversion to Islam. We have seen this phenomenon many times with converts: they believe that their new religion requires them to turn traitor. No one, however, in this politically correct age seems interested in recognizing or studying this phenomenon. […]
Saudi UN envoy: Islamic State, Al Qaeda taint Islam’s image
MARCH 27, 2015 11:34 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER12 COMMENTS
The image of Islam is paramount for Abdallah Al-Mouallimi — not general principles of justice and human rights. “Saudi U.N. envoy: ISIS, Al Qaeda taint Islam’s image,” Al Arabiya, March 28, 2015: Groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Al-Qaeda and Hezbbollah taint the image of Islam, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the […]
Pamela Geller: AFDI wins free speech victory, foes end run around First Amendment
MARCH 27, 2015 10:49 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER8 COMMENTS
There are some powerful and moneyed forces that seem determined to extinguish the freedom of speech by any means necessary. “AFDI Wins Important Free Speech Victory, But Opponents End Run Around the First Amendment,” by Pamela Geller, Breitbart, March 27, 2015: Last week, my human rights organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), scored another […]
Steven Salaita Brings His War on Civility (and His Pity Party) to Stanford
MARCH 27, 2015 12:44 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER16 COMMENTS
Steven Salaita Brings His War on Civility (and His Pity Party) to Stanford by Cinnamon Stillwell and Rima Greene The notion that words such as “civility” and “divisive” have clear definitions is under attack by academic moral relativists who grant themselves the right to twist words to mean whatever aids their quest for power. A […]
Somalia: Islamic jihadists storm Mogadishu hotel, murder at least nine people
MARCH 28, 2015 10:06 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER1 COMMENT
NBC News has the casualty figure at nine now. Islamic jihadists appear to be operating more brazenly and brutally than ever — time to deflect the public’s attention with a new series of reports on “Islamophobia.” “Militants Take Hostages in Deadly Attack on Mogadishu Hotel,” by Mohammed Ibrahim, New York Times, March 27, 2015: MOGADISHU, […]
Tunisia arrests 23 in jihad terror cell over museum attack
MARCH 27, 2015 11:58 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER5 COMMENTS
“Officials called into question the claim of responsibility for the attack from al-Qaeda’s jihadist rival, the Islamic State group.” Much more is made of this “rivalry” than there actually is: the Islamic State and al-Qaeda share the same beliefs, motives and goals. “Tunisia arrests 23 in ‘terrorist cell’ over museum attack,” AFP, March 26, 2015: […]
UN human rights top dog: Islamic State more “diverse” than some UN members
MARCH 27, 2015 11:27 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER14 COMMENTS
“Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the first human rights chief from the Muslim and Arab worlds” praises the Islamic State’s “ethnic diversity.” Apparently he is a supporter of the concept of the global caliphate, the supranational unity of the Muslims. And so the first step has been taken to normalize the Islamic State and bring it in […]
Islamic State: Caesarean births “a plot against the Muslims”
MARCH 27, 2015 10:12 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER30 COMMENTS
The Islamic State loves death, as they themselves cheerfully avow. They hate life. They love pain, they love suffering — when they are inflicting them upon those whom they consider the “enemies of Allah.” They are the world’s foremost evil force today, and are almost nothing except evil. “Now ISIS clamps down on mothers having […]
Middle East Quarterly: Robert Spencer reviews Kecia Ali’s “The Lives of Muhammad”
MARCH 27, 2015 12:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER41 COMMENTS
More of the politically correct obfuscation that academics pump out by the gallon these days. “The Lives of Muhammad by Kecia Ali, Reviewed by Robert Spencer,” Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2015: Ali’s work evaluates and compares biographies of Muhammad, ancient and modern, favorable and unfavorable, arguing that the emphases of these life histo
Comments