Gatestone Institute Two days ago in Nigeria, on April 24, around 30 Muslim herdsmen stormed a church during early morning mass and massacred nearly 20 parishioners and two clergymen. Rev. Fathers Joseph Gor and Felix Tyolaha were slaughtered while officiating at the altar of St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Mbalom village, Benue. Worshippers were gathered in the church for … [Read more...]
“Islamophobic” Cartoons from the Arab World
While some in the West bend over backwards not to be "Islamophobic" or critical of Islam -- and while Muslim heads of state and the OIC scold the West for the same -- below is an idea of the sorts of cartoons that appear regularly in Arabic language media (my translations appear beneath each image): The man to the left, who is labeled as a "moderate Muslim" -- and … [Read more...]
“In Reality,” Judaism and Christianity Are Not Religions, Says Top Egyptian Cleric
Coptic Solidarity Although many in the West insist Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are “sibling” religions with a foundation to build on—also known as the Abrahamic Myth—top Egyptian cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb says that Judaism and Christianity are not even religions. In a televised interview, he gave the mainstream Islamic view on “religions”: There is only one … [Read more...]
Muslims Inadvertently Call for Ban on Islam
PJ Media The very same logic that Muslims cite in their ongoing efforts to criminalize anti-Islamic speech in Western nations would require the criminalization of Islam itself. Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Mohammed al-Issa argues that “Europe must do more to … criminalize religious hate speech.” In an April 9 interview with Reuters, this prominent Saudi … [Read more...]
Yes, “Italy Must Remember Its … Past” with Islam
FrontPage Magazine Although the conflict between Islam and the West is a continuation of history, the strategy of those who seek to whitewash and thus empower Islam is to fixate on peaceful aberrations while suppressing the continuum of hostility. Thus, in “Italy must remember its pluralist past,” Akbar Ahmed, Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, Washington, … [Read more...]