In his book, Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War between the Muslim World and the Global North, William Polk argues that grievances against the colonial era are the root source of all problems between Islam and the West -- including terrorism. Here we examine and rebut this claim. This video is essentially Part 2 of a review of his book. Part 1 here. … [Read more...]
Putting (Supposedly ‘Non-Muslim’) Migrant Terrorists to the Duck Test
The Stream “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.” This is wise counsel whenever the media and “experts” insist that you not believe your lying eyes. Take this ongoing issue where men who perfectly fit the profile of “radical Muslims,” engage in the usual acts of Islamic terrorism, only for the “authorities” to tell us … [Read more...]
Why Certain Non-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Stream The ongoing revelations of Muslim “grooming gangs” targeting young white girls for sexual exploitation in the UK is as old as Islam itself, and even traces back to Muhammad. Much literary evidence attests to this in the context of Islam’s early predations on Eastern and Greek Europeans. According to Ahmad M. H. Shboul (author of Byzantium and the Arabs: The Image … [Read more...]
What Is—and Isn’t—Wrong with Islam?
Islam gets criticized for so many things; however, it's important for non-Muslims to differentiate between those many doctrines that affect Muslims only, and those much fewer doctrines -- three to be exact -- that affect the non-Muslim. It is only the latter, which I detail in the video below, that should ultimately concern the non-Muslim. To be blunt, I care little if Muslims … [Read more...]
Did the Crusaders Spoil ‘Five Centuries of Peaceful Coexistence’ with Islam?
The Stream If Fake News is a “threat to democracy,” what about Fake History? Although more subtle — Fake History is certainly much harder to expose than Fake News — the former is every bit as dangerous, if not more so. Unlike the “news,” which is ephemeral, the presumed lessons of history are much more concrete and long-lasting. Take the historical writings of John Esposito, … [Read more...]