Category: Islamism
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What Explains the Left’s Toleration of Militant Islam?
From 1789 on, a defining characteristic of the Left has been hostility to religion, especially in its institutionalized forms. This goes together with a commitment to such Enlightenment values as individual liberty, belief in reason, and equality, including equality among the races and between the sexes. Thus the last thing one would expect from the…
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Why Would Anyone Consider Islam a Race?
Islam is obviously not a race, but a religion. If you hesitate to call Islam a religion, then it is either a political ideology masquerading as a religion, or a hybrid ideology that blends features of religion and political ideology, or a Christian heresy. On any of these interpretations it is not a race. That…
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Islam as religion’s most virulent subspecies?
I agree with the gist of Claude Boisson's statement below (via e-mail) who takes minor issue with what he quotes me as saying in the header, turning my declarative into an interrogative. (I haven't checked all his factual statements.) I myself have referred to Islam as a 'hybrid' ideology: it is as much a political…
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Niall Ferguson on Christine Blasey Ford and #MeToo
Well worth reading. Especially this: The #MeToo movement is revolutionary feminism. Like all revolutionary movements, it favors summary justice. Since April 2017, more than 200 men have been publicly accused of some form of sexual offense, ranging from rape to inappropriate language. A few of these men seem likely to have committed crimes and are…
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Against Iconoclasm and the Erasure of History
Muslims are well-known for their iconoclasm, hostility to the arts, and destruction of cultural artifacts. Leftists are like unto Muslims in this regard too. The trouble with iconoclasm is that all parties can play the game. Mass-murdering communist regimes are responsible for some 94 million deaths in the 20th century. Why not then destroy all the statues and…
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SCOTUS Rules 5-4 to Uphold ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban
Yet another victory for President Trump and for common sense. And yet another embarrassment for the Never-Trumpers who refused to support Trump and who, by their refusal, indirectly supported Hillary who would never have supported any such travel ban. And of course, if the Never-Trumpers had their way, the composition of the Court would not…
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Is the Burqa a Mere Fashion Accessory?
William Kilpatrick: You may look upon the wearing of the burqa as a civil rights issue, but many Muslims look upon it as key element in the Islamization process. Like the Ku Klux Klan hood or the Guy Fawkes mask, the burqa works, in part, through intimidation. Suppose a burqa clad woman (or is she…
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Is William Kilpatrick Too Soft on Pope Francis?
Dr. Vito Caiati writes, I read your post on “The Church and Islam: Dangerous Illusions,” and while I share your appreciation of Kilpatrick’s continuing commentary on the real nature of Islam, I am uncomfortable with his statement that “It seems clear to me that the pope and others in the hierarchy are enabling the spread…
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On Opposing a Dangerous Ideology that is also a Religion
This article by William Kilpatrick bears on my ongoing conversation with a Canadian philosopher about Islam, religious tests, and constitutional interpretation. Last exchange here. I'll pull a few quotations from Professor Kilpatrick and add some comments. The idea of opposing dangerous ideologies is not foreign to Americans, but the idea of opposing an ideology that…
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More on “No Religious Test”
A Canadian reader comments and I reply: I've been thinking about the problem of interpreting "no religious test" in light of your post. It's actually a very difficult problem! I'm almost convinced the correct response is that, unfortunately, if the Constitution is interpreted correctly then fundamentalist Muslims do indeed have the right to hold public office–given…
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Islam on Urination, Defecation, and Jihad
Dr. Claude Boisson writes, One mile from where I live in the French city of Lyon, there is an Islamicized neighborhood where I recently bought this (elegantly printed and bound) book in French. Four pages (46-49) are devoted to how you should urinate and defecate if you are an observant Muslim. And a…
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“No Religious Test”
In Article VI of the U. S. Constitution we read: . . . no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. Does it follow that the U. S. Constitution should be so interpreted as to allow a Muslim citizen who supports sharia (Islamic…
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Is Fear Born of Ignorance? Only Sometimes
William Kilpatrick is the best writer at Crisis Magazine. Because he invariably talks sense, I have linked to his work on numerous occasions. It is important that he remain a writer there given that squishy liberal shallow-pates are 'over-represented' among Catholics and have been for a good 60 years, with the current pope, Bergoglio the…
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Leftist Cultural Demolition and Islamist Subversion
The first aids and abets the second. Another great article by William Kilpatrick. Islamists can’t do the job of subversion all by themselves. They need help. Other people have to prepare the ground for them. Luckily for the Islamists, liberals, leftists, and secularists have been busy preparing the ground for years—in schools, in academia, in…
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Why Won’t We Admit the Truth About Islam?
Andrew C. McCarthy