Which Is More Lethal? Pajamas Media Translations of this item: German In a blog entry for Islamist Watch, David J. Rusin shows how the word "jihad" continues to be euphemized in the West. Despite Islamic law's unequivocal portrayal of it as a military endeavor to empower Islam, jihad is still being peddled as "nothing more than a student laboring to pass algebra, a mom … [Read more...]
Are All Religions Equally Violent?
by Michael Rubin National Review Online Regarding the ongoing discussion of Islam's role in terrorists' justification of their actions in general and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's self-justification in particular, there's a tendency among the government, academics, and the media to engage in religious equivalency and suggest that Islamic extremism is really no different than Jewish … [Read more...]
Strategist Caused Stir For Accusing Saudis Of Supporting Terror
by Patricia Sullivan Washington Post Laurent Murawiec, 58, a think-tank geostrategist who stirred an outcry in 2002 by contending that Saudi Arabia was the "kernel of evil" in the Muslim world and that its oil fields should be seized if it didn't do more to fight terrorism, died Oct. 7 of multiple myeloma at his home in Washington. Mr. Murawiec told the Defense Policy Board … [Read more...]
An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden – or Any Other Islamist
Pajamas Media Translations of this item: Hebrew Ever since 9/11, when Osama bin Laden was thrust into the spotlight, he has made it a point to occasionally submit questions to Americans — questions which he apparently thinks are unanswerable. In his last message "commemorating" 9/11, for instance, after rehashing the storyline that the jihad on America wholly revolves … [Read more...]
La déconcertante approche d’Obama envers le monde musulman
Poste de Veille Translation of the original text: Obama's Puzzling Approach to the Muslim World Le président Obama et moi-même avons en commun quelque chose que peu d'Américains partagent avec nous : nous avons été élevés par au moins un parent – biologique ou non, peu importe – qui est né et a grandi dans un milieu islamique. Intimement conscient de ce fait et de ses … [Read more...]