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Western policymakers and elites in government, academia, and the media suffer from an extraordinary ignorance about the true nature of Islam. This ignorance was on display following the murder of thirteen American troops at Fort Hood, Texas by Nidal Hasan, a devout Muslim who held the rank of Major in the U.S. Army. Hasan is said to have shouted "God is Great" in Arabic as he gunned down...
Say it ain't so! 11th District Congressman Gerry Connolly has called on Pat Robertson to apologize for his statement on his “700 Club” TV show that Islam is “not a religion” but a “violent political system.” In a statement issued Wednesday, Connolly said Robertson caused substantial hurt and damage for the Muslim community in Northern Virginia and across the Commonwealth...
A Russian Orthodox priest known for his outspoken criticism of Islam and his attempts to convert Muslims to Christianity was assassinated in his Moscow church by a masked gunman.
A Russian Orthodox believer grieves in memory of slain Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev at the murder site in the church where he served in Moscow on November 20, 2009. A Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of Islam was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin, investigators said.'An unknown man in a mask walked in and fired no less than four shots at the priest of the church,...
Sometimes in the past I have thought the writings of Amil Imani to be a bit over-passionate. He is an apostate from Islam and a fervent opponent of the theocratic regime in his Iranian homeland. But this time, writing more broadly about Islam in the US, the Fort Hood killings, and the fundamental incompatibility of [...]
The bill is full of tolerance, however: it allows non-Muslims to worship in private homes. This is one of those stories where it becomes bitterly ironic -- those who report on this will be called "Islamophobic," but no one will particularly mind that the Maldives is systematically stamping out the...
What does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don’t these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize us? Why is it that some people keep criticizing a religion that has nearly 1.5 billion followers throughout the world? Now, if this faith was indeed...
They're doing it, of course, under the cover of criminalizing "blasphemy," but the real agenda here is to compel the West to adopt Sharia norms forbidding criticism of Islam, including analysis of the jihad terrorists' motives and goals. This, of course, would leave us mute and defenseless before them. AP thinks that the free nations of the West will oppose this. But with Barack Obama in...
November 20, 2009 During his meeting with Yukei Matsunaga, president of the Japan Buddhist Federation, Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General, ICHIRO OZAWA, had a few choice words about Christianity and the West. Christianity: [Is an] exclusive and self-righteous religion. European and U.S. societies with a (historical) background of Christianity are bogged down. Not sure with what. Islam: It...
Do not insult ISLAM. Russian Priest Gunned Down in Church ABC News hat tip Natassia Orthodox Priest Known For Missionary Work Shot in Moscow "The main theory is that religious motives are behind the crime," a prosecutor's office spokesman told reporters. Sysoyev routinely denounced Islam and actively reached out to Muslims and various religious sects to convert them. In a recent interview...
They were just five words, but they swept through the Muslim world like a brush fire nearly four years ago, launching a scorching backlash that endures to this day. “Be quiet. It’s my turn,” the Syrian-born American, Wafa Sultan, said in February 2006 to a Muslim cleric she was debating on Al Jazeera. A woman interrupting a man? In public? In Islamic societies, particular in the Arab...
After this post, I decided to write to Umar Lee (with whom I've had some interaction in the past) and ask for an interview. Here is our exchange, in which he endorses the death penalty for apostasy in principle, just not at the moment in America. At very least, his...
CEDAR CREEK, Texas (CNN) – Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell on Wednesday declined to weigh in on Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson’s recent claim that Islam is not a religion, but “a violent political system.” McDonnell, though, stressed that he reached out to Muslims and visited mosques in Virginia throughout the governor’s race and will continue to do [...]
Pat Robertson has declared that Islam is not a religion but a “violent political system.” For many, such statements are nothing new from Robertson. However, it was a bit more surprising yesterday to learn that Virginia Governor Elect Bob McDonnell has refused to disavow that view. McDonnell was opposed during the recent [...]
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell After 30 years of a harsh, totalitarian and dogmatic Islamic theocracy, the June 12 th elections in Iran have provided a platform for people, for the first time, to voice their opinion on not only the vacuum of democracy but also criticise how Islam is being used as a veneer for this abusive, austere and autocratic...
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Fascinating contention, Nadia! I very much enjoyed it! And I agree: false binary between moderates and extremists. On a different, more provocative...
Ramadan (Ramadhan or Ramazan or رمضان) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It an annual event celebrated by Islams / Muslims worldwide which is started with almost a month long full fasting, and is capped with a massive celebration and happenings. On some countries, like here in the Philippines, the last day of the Ramadan is declared as a special non-working holiday. I just hope that this...
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Happy rammadan
Happy rammadan to muslim community in the phiippines. http://dailynewsphilippines.blogspot.com
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