The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim New York: Doubleday, 2007. 352 pp. $15.95, paper. Reviewed by Janet Levy FrontPageMagazine.com Recently, a shoeless President George Bush accompanied by female aides in makeshift hijabs (Islamic prayer scarves) spoke at the rededication of the Islamic Center of Washington. The president sang the praises of a "religion of peace," … [Read more...]
Wanted: Coptic Minorities Fleeing Religious Persecution in Egypt
Private Papers Lest you think that the U.S. court system has made humanitarian considerations its first priority, as evidenced by the recent court ruling to release from military custody Ali Saleh al Marri — an al-Qaeda sleeper agent who was trained in Osama bin Laden's training camps — one need look no further than to the equally recent court decision to deport Sameh Khouzam, … [Read more...]
Ecco dove Ibrahim ha ragione e dove sbaglia
L'Occidentale A response to this article: https://www.raymondibrahim.com/7605/come-battere-lhydra-dellislam-radicale Raymond Ibrahim ha ragione a sostenere che l'Islam radicale e jihadista è immenso e che il suo fanatismo è come un ventre sempre gravido; ha ragione a dire che non ci sono limiti, oggi, alla sua possibilità di produrre nuovi terroristi, e di fatto è ciò che … [Read more...]
Seeking Sympathy from the Infidel
Zawahiri invokes the language of social justice National Review Online In an unprecedented effort to rally popular support, al Qaeda is apparently trying to refashion its image from an ultra-conservative, radical Islamist group with clear and precise goals — the ultimate being to implementsharia law around the globe — to what the liberal West has long had a soft spot for: a … [Read more...]
Islamic Apologetics
National Review Online Islamic apologist extraordinaire Karen Armstrong is at it again. In an article entitled "Balancing the Prophet" published by the Financial Times, the self-proclaimed "freelance monotheist" engages in what can only be considered second-rate sophistry. The false statements begin in her opening paragraph: Ever since the Crusades, people in the west have … [Read more...]