Category: Islam

A new twinkie defense

Was I Unfair to The Atlantic? By Matt Barganier, July 24, 2011 … On Friday, I included The Atlantic in a list of sources that “ran with the unsubstantiated Muslim-terrorist angle” immediately after the attacks in Norway. I was referring to a they-hate-us-for-our-freedoms piece about an alleged 2010 plot by three Muslims against Norwegian targets. …

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The most meaningless word

The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of “Terrorism” By Glenn Greenwald, Saturday, Jul 23, 2011 07:24 ET … (updated below) For much of the day yesterday, the featured headline on The New York Times online front page strongly suggested that Muslims were responsible for the attacks on Oslo; that led to definitive statements on …

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Unapologetic bigotry

Stand up to Herman Cain’s bigotry By Eugene Robinson, Monday, July 18, 7:04 PM … It is time to stop giving Herman Cain’s unapologetic bigotry a free pass. The man and his poison need to be seen clearly and taken seriously. Imagine the reaction if a major-party presidential candidate — one who, like Cain, shows …

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What it actually means

Arabic for right-wingers By Justin Elliott, Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 21:01 ET … In a now infamous column, the writer Eliana Benador argued this week that Anthony Weiner (who is a Jew) may have converted to Islam but was hiding it from the world in accordance with the practice of “taqiyya.” “It is also important, …

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Walid Shoebat

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Committed to the rule

My lost boy John Walker Lindh Frank Lindh, Sunday 10 July 2011 … John Phillip Walker Lindh, my son, was raised a Roman Catholic, but converted to Islam when he was 16 years old. He has an older brother and a younger sister. John is scholarly and devout, devoted to his family, and blessed with …

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None of this is new

The Road to “All Muslims are Terrorists” By Gefilte, 07 July 2011 … It’s been travelled before. Aside from the fact that real democracies don’t persecute their minorities, Jews are reminded in many pieces of scripture to never forget when we were “strangers in a strange land” (see the book of Exodus). Maybe this is …

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