Pajamas Media Translations of this item: Dutch German Editor's note: Substantial portions of the following essay made up part of Mr. Ibrahim's written testimony that was presented to Congress on February 12, 2009 Today, in a time of wars and rumors of wars emanating from the Islamic world — from the current conflict in Gaza, to the saber-rattling of nuclear-armed … [Read more...]
Estudando os caminhos das guerras islâmicas
Original em inglês: Studying the Islamic Way of War Tradução: Frank Herles Matos Na conferência inaugural da Associação para Estudos do Oriente Médio e África (ASMEA) em abril passado, o Ten. Cel. Joseph Myers (EUA), levantou um ponto interessante que merece ser aprofundado. É difícel entender como até hoje a maioria das instituições militares ocidentais valorizam tanto textos … [Read more...]
Examining an Orientalist Excerpt
Jihad Watch Recently reading through Professor Carl Brockelmann's History of the Islamic Peoples (1948), I was struck by a particular passage that, inasmuch as it is objective and thoroughly grounded in Islamic law and Muslim practice, if asserted now by any scholar of whatever caliber would surely only earn the label "Islamophobe." Brockelmann, of course, was one of the most … [Read more...]
Are Slave-Girls in Islam Equivalent to Animals?
Many are now aware that the Koran—that is, Allah's word—permits, not just polygamy, but forced concubinage (sex with captive women), according to Koran 4:3: "Marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice, then only one, or what your right hands possess [captive women taken in war]." There is, however, an interesting, … [Read more...]
An Analysis of Al-Qa’ida’s Worldview
Reciprocal Treatment or Religious Obligation? By analyzing what al-Qa'ida preaches to Muslims regarding Islam's relationship to the non-Muslim world at large, and what it states to the West are its reasons for battling it, this essay seeks to highlight the many disparities behind al-Qa'ida's words. Juxtaposed in themes, the following excerpts are all derived from Usama bin … [Read more...]