Published in FrontPage Magazine Many are the lessons to be learned between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the current revolutions of the Arab world. Consider the issue of the hijab, the female "veil"—the proliferation of which, according to one former Islamistand associate of al-Qaeda's Ayman Zawahiri, is associated with a Muslim society's downward spiral into oppression … [Read more...]
Islamic Terror vs. Norway Massacre: Chicken or Egg?
Translations of this item: German Ever since last year's Norway massacre, when Anders Breivik killed some 70 people, the relativists and Muslim apologists of the world felt exonerated: for here at last, thought they, was proof positive that terrorism had nothing to do with Islamic teachings per se. If Christianity cannot be blamed for Breivik, why blame Islam … [Read more...]
Salafi Sex Scandals
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Sheikh Ali Wanis, an Egyptian parliament member and prominent figure in the Nour Party—the Salafi party which preaches a return to early Islam based on Muhammad's practices—was recently caught in a "compromising position" with a female other than his legal spouse(s). According to official reports, police found a parked car on a … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two American Martyrs
Published in FrontPage Magazine Apologists for Islamic persecution of Christians regularly argue that the animosity is not driven by religion, but rather a "sectarian" divide, by any number of "indigenous" factors—poverty, intertribal conflicts, political machinations, etc. Other times, persecuted Christians are portrayed as Zionist agents and rapists, spies and … [Read more...]
Video lifts veil on Arab-Muslim societies
by Salim Mansur Calgary Sun A young man is pinned to the ground, his head is twisted and a knife held against his throat. In a few minutes the head is severed and held up for display to the public chanting loudly, "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). The video of this gruesome public execution of an apostate — the victim had converted to Christianity from Islam — somewhere in … [Read more...]