Category: Islamism
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Liberal Logic
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Malcolm Pollack’s Kulturpessimismus
I hope he is wrong, but I fear he is right: Europe is very, very, ill, a victim of a weak but highly opportunistic pathogen, and if it cannot soon mount a robust immune response it will die. Even if it can manage such a response, at this late hour it will be a close-run…
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On Transcending Tribalism
Jonathan Haidt: Humans are tribal, but tribalism can be transcended. It exists in tension with our extraordinary ability to develop bonds with other human beings. Romeo and Juliet fell in love. French, British and German soldiers came out of their trenches in World War I to exchange food, cigarettes and Christmas greetings. The key, as…
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Libtards
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On Mocking Religious Figures
My view in a few words. Other things being equal, one should not mock, deride, or engage in any sort of unprovoked verbal or pictorial assault on people or the beliefs they cherish. So if Muslims were as benign as Christians or Buddhists, I would object on moral grounds to the depiction and mockery of…
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‘In Your Face’ Islam
This takes the cake. Thousands of Muslims gathered in protest outside Rome’s Colosseum Friday after Italian authorities shut down a number of so-called “garage mosques” to avoid young people becoming radicalized. They chose the iconic Colosseum, a worldwide symbol of Christian persecution and martyrdom. In other news, Italian bishops go Left. Perhaps the complacent Italians need…
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Hillary’s Nonsense About “No Religious Test”
Hillary got clobbered in last night's debate, but Trump missed an opportunity to refute her nonsensical claim that vetting Muslim immigrants involves the application of a "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…
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Obama: ‘There’s no Religious Rationale’ for Jihad Terror
Refutation here. I am put in mind of something similar Obama said a couple of years ago. He said, "ISIL is not Islamic." What's the reasoning behind Obama's statement? Perhaps this: 1. All religions are good.2. Islam is a religionErgo3. Islam is good4. ISIL is not good.Ergo5. ISIL is not Islamic. This little argument illustrates…
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The ‘Islamization of Knowledge’
You have heard me say it before. There is a deep link between the Left and Islam in respect of the assault on reason and the substitution of narrative for truth. This linkage helps explain the otherwise puzzling Islamophilia of leftists. Leftists hate religion except for 'the religion of peace.' Andrew C. McCarthy: The most…
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‘Homegrown Terrorist’
Consider three types of case. (a) A Muslim terrorist who was born in the USA and whose terrorism derives from his Islamic faith. (b) A Muslim terrorist who was not born in the USA but is a citizen of the USA or legally resides in the USA and whose terrorism derives from his Islamic faith.…
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The Debate That Won’t Go Away: Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
Not again! Yes, again. On 5 September 2016 anno domini, in the pages of Crisis Magazine, Fr. Brandon O'Brien opined (emphasis added): While some similarities may exist between the Christian and Muslim conceptions of God, it is certain that the Christian who prays “Our Father, Who art in Heaven” each day is not praying to…
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Pope Francis and Islam
Which of the following is true? Francis outright lies about Islam; he is naive about Islam; he is an appeaser and defeatist who thinks that by not telling the truth about Islam he prevents further radicalization of Muslims. See The Church and Islam: The Next Cover-up Scandal Related articles The Danger of Appeasing the Intolerant…
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Ideological Certification
It ought to be obvious that anyone seeking entry into our country should be ideologically certified. We have no obligation to accept subversive elements. Now those who promote Shari'a are subversive elements. Therefore, we have no obligation to allow them in. Indeed we, or rather the government as representing us the people, has a moral…
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Islam and the West: What is My Preferred Prophylaxis?
Things are coming to a head. We cannot tolerate as a 'new normal' another Islamist slaughter of innocents every six months or so. So what is to be done? What prophylactic measures do we need to take to protect the USA and the rest of the West from the Islamist virus? London Ed writes,…
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What Happened to Molly Norris?
A repost from 16 September 2010: Cartoonist Molly Norris Driven into Hiding by Muslim Extremism Story here. Among the great religions of the world, where 'great' is to be taken descriptively not normatively, Islam appears uniquely intolerant and violent. Or are there contemporary examples of Confucians, Taoists, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, or Christians who, basing themselves on…