Category: Islam

We live in the earthly one

An Open Letter to Elie Wiesel By Avner Inbar and Assaf Sharon, May 27, 2010   In a recent public letter to President Obama, Elie Wiesel urged the President not to “pressure” Israel to cease settlement activity in Jerusalem. According to Wiesel: For me, the Jew that I am, Jerusalem is above politics. It is …

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It hurts to write this sentence

Behind the use of drones is a complacent belief that murdering Muslims is always justifiable By Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Sunday 28 April 2013   First, read this unconditional acceptance of facts that cannot be denied nor excused. Islamicist terrorism has inflicted atrocities and diffused panic and amorphous, long-term anxiety from east to west, south to …

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After decades of instant vilification

Boston explosions: ‘Please don’t be Arabs or Muslims’ By Khaled A Beydoun, 16 Apr 2013 09:25   I texted my friend at 7:47am EST, extending well wishes for a “successful and prosperous race”. Like the 23,181 runners who left Hopkinton dreaming about breaking the ribbon 26.2 miles away, my friend signed up for the 117th …

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Like selling Bibles to believers

Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens: New Atheists flirt with Islamophobia By Nathan Lean, Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 02:00 PM CDT   Richard Dawkins, the preppy septuagenarian and professional atheist whose work in the field of evolutionary biology informs his godless worldview, has always been a prickly fellow. The British scientist and former Oxford University professor has expended …

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Harder to laugh at that

What drives jihadism? Clue: it’s not what you think By Memphis Barker, Tuesday 19 March 2013   Did you hear the one about the jihadist cleric? According to a new Harvard study, the main reason Islamic imams start to talk up the wholesale murder of Western civilians has nothing to do with top-to-toe ideological hatred. …

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Read up on Sodom and Gomorrah

Advancement of Progressivism   Dear editor: May God have mercy on America. If you do not think that the turning away from Christ and the advancement of Progressivism is affecting America, think again. One quick example is the rape of a minor in Steubenville, Ohio. For those of you who are not aware of the …

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The oil’s the thing

Why do we cosy up to these Wahhabi tyrants? By Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Sunday 17 March 2013   OMG, what was she thinking? Camilla, wife of our future king, wore a flimsy, unsecured headscarf on her trip to Saudi Arabia. It rebelliously slipped off and almost uncovered all her hair! According to the strict, conservative …

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