by Daniel Pipes National Review Online Some observations: Cordoba House (or Park51) was announced in early April; that it remains an item of debate over four months later, and not just locally but nationally, points to Islam in the United States becoming a populist issue. Politicians who support the Islamic center, notably New York's mayor Michael Bloomberg, are paying a … [Read more...]

by Richard Shulman The Examiner Here is a case of Egypt's jihad against converts to Christianity.  Islam authorizes capital punishment for Muslim converts to Christianity.  Islamic law is the basic law of Egypt, but Egypt applies punishment differently.  Egypt initially harasses, beats, and confines apostates to the house. Apparently Nagla Imam, a prominent female lawyer and … [Read more...]

by Giuseppe Valiante The Vancouver Sun Page from the first edition of Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) Inspire magazine was released on Sunday, according to SITE Intelligence, a US service that monitors Islamist websites.   OTTAWA — An English-language jihadist publication released online this month is another sign that al-Qaida or copycat groups are … [Read more...]

by Andrew C. McCarthy National Review Online [...] LEGITIMIZING FINANCIAL JIHAD But no, the Kagans tell us, they're not endorsing all of sharia. Of course they don't mean to abet the sundry cruelties and the systematic abuse of women, homosexuals, apostates, and non-Muslims. They simply want believing Muslims to be able to participate in our markets without transgressing … [Read more...]

Egypt Confronts Coptic Church by David Bedein The Bulletin JERUSALEM – The Middle East Newsline has revealed that the regime of President Hosni Mubarak has decided to confront the Coptic Church, the largest in Egypt. An Egyptian court, in a move supported by the Mubarak regime, has sought to force the church to enable congregants to divorce in violation of the Coptic faith. … [Read more...]