Published in Pajamas Media In a recent article appearing in Tablet, Lee Smith takes former House speaker Newt Gingrich to task for the latter's focus on sharia (i.e., Islamic law). The thrust of Smith's argument is that sharia is a "hopelessly abstract concept" and "a highly idealized version of reality that has little basis in fact"; that sharia is "a catchall phrase for … [Read more...]
Interview on the Ground Zero Mosque
850 KOA: The Mike Rosen Show http://raymond.uhurunetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/283.mp3 … [Read more...]
The ‘Zionist plot’ to build a mosque
by Wesley Pruden Washington Times ANALYSIS/OPINION: The ground zero mosque, which is stirring such a sandstorm in New York City, isn't so popular in certain precincts of the Middle East, either. Some Muslims there think President Obama and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York are nuts. Impotent and irresolute, too. Some of the believers in Arabia say the mosque is a … [Read more...]
Those Wily Zionists
by Mark Krikorian National Review Online: The Corner Ray Ibrahim reports that the sagacious scholars at Islam's premier center of learning, the venerable al Azhar University in Egypt, have concluded that the Ground Zero Mosque is — wait for it — a "Zionist conspiracy." Of course! Speaking of the Cordoba House project, there's a much more meaningful way to promote interfaith … [Read more...]
Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a ‘Zionist Conspiracy’
Published in Pajamas Media Translations of this item: French In a recent article, I argued that the Ground Zero mosque is counterproductive to Islam. The following day, on August 5th, the Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported that none other than Al Azhar — one of Sunni Islam's most authoritative institutions — agrees. My translation of the relevant excerpt … [Read more...]