Published in FrontPageMagazine.com Translations of this item: Polish Days ago in Egypt, throngs of Muslims (henceforth, "Islamists"), estimated at 3,000, fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails at Coptic churches, homes, and businesses in the Imbaba region near Cairo: twelve Christians were killed—some shot by snipers atop rooftops—232 injured; three … [Read more...]
War for American hearts and minds rages over Islam
Terror threat or peaceful religion? Both sides fight it out on small battlefields around US by Kari Huus MSNBC EVERETT, Wash. — Where Islam is discussed, controversy follows. Though the 9/11 attacks by Islamic extremists are almost 10 years past and al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden is dead, the American debate over Islam is still raging, as evidenced by numerous conflicts over … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim: What I Care About is the Truth
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Osama Bin Laden: Chicken or Egg?
Published in Pajamas Media To posit the significance of Osama bin Laden's demise, we must first decide which came first — the chicken or the egg? Quaint as it is, this question is fundamentally an inquiry into the nature of cause and effect. In our context, did Osama bin Laden "create" the idea of jihad, or did the centuries-old doctrine of jihad — supplemented by Koranic … [Read more...]
The Muslim World’s Inferiority Complex
Dutch German What if an entire civilization developed an inferiority complex? What ramifications would that have on the rest of the world? How would such paranoia play itself out in the interaction of civilizations? An Arabic op-ed titled "The Broder Dilemma and Inferiority Complex," written by Muslim intellectual Khaled Montaser late last year portrays … [Read more...]