Category: Islamism
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Joan Rivers Tells it Like it Is
Warning! Not for the PeeCee!
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Ron Radosh on the American Left
Friends of Our Country's Enemies Radosh is rock-solid. A former lefty, he knows whereof he speaks. And of course leftists hate him mindlessly for his apostasy. Somebody ought to explore the connection between the attitudes of leftists and radical Islamists toward apostates. In 1949, sociologist Jules Monnerot described communism as 20th century Islam. To which…
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Another Beheading
Is it still the religion of peace? And you voted for Obama, twice? What were you thinking? Were you thinking at all? Inform yourself: Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran. Related articles London Beheading
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Juan Cole, Terrorism, and Leftist Moral Equivalency
In Terrorism and Other Religions, Cole argues that "Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions." Although we conservatives don't think all that highly of Bill Maher, we cheered when he pointed out the obvious, namely, that Islam, and Islam alone at the…
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Buried Alive
Islamic State kills 500 Yazidis, burying some alive. Who will stand up to these rampaging Islamists who threaten civilization itself? The cheese-sucking French? The dolce vita Italians? Paleocon, libertarian, and hard left noninterventionists need to ask themselves this question. For a paleocon response, see Patrick J. Buchanan, Is ISIS an 'Existential Threat'? Related articles Islamic…
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Israel, Hamas, and the Doctrine of Double Effect
A reader asks whether Israel's actions against Hamas are defensible according to the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE). According to the New Catholic Encylopedia, an action is defensible according to DDE if all four of the following conditions are met: (1) The act itself must be morally good or at least indifferent. (2) The agent…
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Obama Rises to the Occasion
I was actually impressed by Obama's speech last night. The greatness of the office he occupies, together with the external pressure of events and advisors, has resulted in a non-vacuous speech and wise decision, a two-fold decision: to launch air strikes against the advancing terrorist ISIS (or ISIL) forces and to drop supplies to the…
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Jimmy Carter: Hamas a “Legitimate Political Actor”
Unbelievable. Is there any limit to the moral bankruptcy of the Left? Has Carter read the Hamas Charter? Ron Radosh: To understand what Hamas is all about, one has to turn to historian Jeffrey Herf’s important article about the organization. Based on a close reading of the Hamas charter, Herf shows that its aims and…
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Why Sam Harris Doesn’t Criticize Israel
Although Sam Harris is out of his depth on philosophical topics, and wrong about religion, he talks sense on politics and is courageously blunt about the threat to civilization of radical Islam. Hats off to Harris! Excerpts with emphases and comments added: One of the most galling things for outside observers about the current war…
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No Cease-Fire!
Thomas Sowell: [. . .] According to the New York Times, Secretary of State John Kerry is hoping for a cease-fire to "open the door to Israeli and Palestinian negotiations for a long-term solution." President Obama has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have an "immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" — again, with the idea…
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Islam’s Religious Exemption from Criticism
A penetrating article by William Kilpatrick. The following comparison of Islamism and Communism is very good. Liberals ought to study it unless they wish to remain enclosed in their dangerous, and possibly terminal, ignorance. Emphasis added. Let’s draw an analogy to another globe-spanning ideology—communism. Take the case of Soviet-bloc communism. Should we have wanted it…
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Islam as a Gang Religion
William Kilpatrick, The Gender Confusion Challenge to Army Recruitment. Excerpt: As usual, the mainstream media is all wrong about Islam. In FrontPage Magazine, Daniel Greenfield points out that “looting was the core of Muhammad’s conquests.” And it came with Allah’s seal of approval. Numerous passages in the Koran and in the biography of Muhammad attest…
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The Militant Nihilism of Radical Islam
I don't believe I have ever read a column by Richard Fernandez of The Belmont Club that is more penetrating, thought-provoking, or chilling than his Seven Gambit. Excerpts: Just as soon as Israel accepted an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire Hamas fired 47 rockets killing one Israeli citizen. Anyone who has followed the conflict could have predicted this…
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‘Religion of Peace’ Update
Convert, pay tax, or die, Islamic state warns Christians. And in other news, Philadelphia mosque leaders try to cut off man's hand. In the face of these and a dozen other serious problems what does our president do? He pulls a Nero using a pool cue for a fiddle. Related articles Islam, Radical Islam, and…
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The Truth About Gaza
Excerpt: To deliberately wage war so that your own people can be telegenically killed is indeed moral and tactical insanity. But it rests on a very rational premise: Given the Orwellian state of the world’s treatment of Israel (see: the U.N.’s grotesque Human Rights Council), fueled by a mix of classic anti-Semitism, near-total historical ignorance,…