Point de Bascule Translation of the original text: Real Talk? Adaptation française: Annie Lessard, Marc Lebuis Selon l'Associated Press, le roi Abdallah d'Arabie saoudite a récemment déclaré qu'il envisage de participer à une réunion qui aura lieu en novembre à l'ONU à New York, pour poursuivre son «initiative visant à promouvoir le dialogue interreligieux». Pour le Roi, le … [Read more...]
Al Qaeda and the Election
American Thinker Is al Qaeda trying to influence the American presidential election? Former counterterrorism coordinator Richard Clarke recently suggested that al Qaeda may be trying to do so. After describing al Qaeda's recent attacks in the Middle East (Yemen, Pakistan), Clarke stated that these strikes may have been primarily geared at aggrandizing al-Qaeda's capabilities … [Read more...]
Today in History: Charles the Hammer Saves the West from Islam at Tours
Precisely 100 years of Islamic conquests after Muhammad's death (632), the Muslims, starting from Arabia, found themselves in Gaul, modern day France, confronting a hitherto little known people—the Christian Franks. There, on October 11th, 732, one of the most decisive battles between Christendom and Islam took place, demarcating the extent of the latter's conquests, and … [Read more...]
Islam and Innocence
Jihad Watch Just recently, a high ranking Pakistani cleric, one Munib ur-Rehmen, asserted that "Islam does not allow anybody to take lives of innocent people by any means." However, when he was grand mufti, two years earlier, he also said that "truly Islamic" states must kill the apostate from Islam. Considering his former statement, that Islam forbids the taking of … [Read more...]
Islam’s Doctrines of Deception
Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst Polish To better understand Islam, one must appreciate the thoroughly legalistic nature of the religion. According to sharia (Islamic law) every conceivable human act is categorised as being either forbidden, discouraged, permissible, recommended, or obligatory. "Common sense" or "universal opinion" has little to do with Islam's notions of … [Read more...]