by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Since certain Muslim media are fond of rehashing old history, reminding Muslims of the “atrocities” committed by the hated Crusader — past and present — it seems only logical that we here in the West also remember the past. Continue reading “Today in History”
by Bruce S. Thornton
City Journal
A review of The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History, by Andrew G. Bostom (Prometheus Books, 766 pp.) Continue reading “Islam Without Apologetics”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The liberal media are in full Captain Renault mode, “shocked, shocked” to find race injected into the presidential campaign by a “Swift-boating” John McCain. How shameless can you get? Continue reading “Obama’s Race Card”
Private Papers
Victor,
The ostensible cassi belli for attacking Iraq were to destroy Saddam’s WMD (nonexistent), stop his nuclear bomb development program (nonexistent), and eliminate his ties to al Qaeda (nonexistent). We can’t “win” the Iraqi war because its illusory objectives were never possible of attainment. Continue reading “Angry Reader”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Amidst the images of suffering and slain Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghanis, the internationally (in)famous Arabic news station al-Jazeera today had an interesting five-minute segment that it played over several times: the fall of the Muslim city of Acre (Arabic: ‘Akka’) to the Crusaders, which after a nearly two-year siege, occurred on July 12, 1191. Continue reading “Al-Jazeera and History: The Fall of Acre”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Instead of trying to be “bold” and tackling a “controversial” topic, innate apologists would do better to simply remain silent. Continue reading “Excusing Taqiyya?”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Even though Dhimmi Watch admirably noted the recent attack on the Abu Fana Coptic monastery in Egypt, after just watching a graphic video detailing the affair on the Arabic satellite program Hiwar al-Haq — which makes clear that the raid (ghazwa) was far from being motivated by a “land dispute,” as the Egyptian authorities insist — I figured I’d do a little translating and relaying, thereby giving readers more perspective on the matter: Continue reading “Land Dispute or Jihad?”
by Bruce S. Thornton
City Journal
A review of Against the Grain: Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace, by George Weigel (Crossroad, 2008, 352 pp.)
Continue reading “Religion and the Age”
by Raymond Ibrahim
MESH (Middle East Strategy at Harvard)
At the recent inaugural conference for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), presenter Ltc. Joseph Myers made an interesting point that deserves further elaboration: that, though military studies have traditionally valued and absorbed the texts of classical war doctrine — such as Clausewitz’s On War, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, even the exploits of Alexander the Great as recorded in Arrian and Plutarch — Islamic war doctrine, which is just as, if not more, textually grounded, is totally ignored. Continue reading “Islam’s War Doctrines Ignored”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
According to liberals, they are tolerant, open-minded, sensitive to complexity and nuance, and wary of simplistic explanations. So why is a column by the liberal Michael Hirsh, in the liberal newsweekly Newsweek, so intolerant, close-minded, simplistic and bigoted? Continue reading “No Country for Old Liberals”