by Bruce Thornton Hoover Institution The hearings convened by Representative Pete King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, to examine the recruitment of American Muslims as jihadist terrorists revealed all the pathologies of multicultural grievance politics that for decades now has compromised our response to Islamic jihad. The need for the hearings is … [Read more...]

by Adrian Morgan Family Security Matters On New Year's Eve in the city of Alexandria in Egypt, Coptic Christians were celebrating New Year Mass at the al-Qiddissin (Saints) Church. As the service drew to a close, a bomb outside went off in the street outside. A video of the reaction of church congregants can be seen here. The priest tried to calm those inside, with little … [Read more...]

by Roland Shirk Jihad Watch Raymond Ibrahim has a characteristically thoughtful essay over at Hudson New York, the blog of the Hudson Institute. In it, Ibrahim takes note of and comments on an extremely encouraging trend—one for which the long-time writers for this site and its allied movements can take some of the credit: the fact that Islam itself is for the first time in a … [Read more...]

by Alakbar Raufoglu Southeast European Times As protestors in Bahrain call for ousting the country's ruling dynasty, Turkey has taken a cautious approach in voicing its concern. "We appeal to all parties in Bahrain to refrain from violence," the foreign ministry said, avoiding direct criticism of the Bahraini government. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, mostly Shia … [Read more...]

by Lawrence Auster View From The Right It is an axiom of the liberal and center-right American establishment that bringing Muslims into contact with American style democracy and modernity, whether by exporting democracy to the Muslim world or by importing Muslims into the West, will leach the dangerous extremism out of the Muslim community, thereby turning Muslims into … [Read more...]