Egypt’s Presidential Elections: What’s at Stake

by Raymond Ibrahim

FrontPage Magazine

Egypt’s long awaited and much anticipated presidential elections — the first of their kind to take place in the nation’s 7,000 year history — are here. As we await the final results — and as the Western mainstream media fixate on images of purple-stained fingers — it is well to remember that there is much more at stake in Egypt’s elections than the mere “right” to vote. Continue reading “Egypt’s Presidential Elections: What’s at Stake”

The Power of Cool

by Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online

When Barack Obama two years ago joked at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that potential suitors of his two daughters might have to deal with Predator drones (“But boys, don’t get any ideas. Two words for you: Predator drones. You will never see it coming.”), the liberal crowd roared. Continue reading “The Power of Cool”

Islamic Hate for a Dead Pope

by Raymond Ibrahim

FrontPage Magazine

Inasmuch as the recent death of Coptic Pope Shenouda III exposed the humanity of some Muslims, it also exposed the inhumanity of Islamic teachings. Continue reading “Islamic Hate for a Dead Pope”

Mexican Jihad

by Raymond Ibrahim

Gatestone Institute

As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico, which has been targeted by Islamists and jihadists, who, through a number of tactics — from engaging in da’wa, converting Mexicans to Islam, to smuggling and the drug cartel, simple extortion, kidnappings and enslavement Continue reading “Mexican Jihad”

Robert Spencer Asks: Did Muhammad Exist?

by Bruce S. Thornton

FrontPage Magazine

A review of Robert Spencer’s Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam’s Obscure Origins (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012). Continue reading “Robert Spencer Asks: Did Muhammad Exist?”

How the Media Whitewashes Muslim Persecution of Christians

by Raymond Ibrahim

The Gatestone Institute

When it comes to Muslim persecution of Christians, the mainstream media (MSM) has a long paper trail of obfuscating; while they eventually do state the bare-bone facts — if they ever report on a story in the first place, which is rare — they do so after creating and sustaining an aura of moral relativism that minimizes the Muslim role. Continue reading “How the Media Whitewashes Muslim Persecution of Christians”

Death in Churches: Targeting Christian Holidays in the Islamic World

by Raymond Ibrahim

Gatestone Institute

Last Sunday, many Christians around the world celebrated Easter, taking it for granted that they can congregate and worship in peace. Not so; in the Islamic world, where top religious officials call for the destruction of churches, Christian holidays celebrated in church are increasingly a time of death and destruction, a time of terror. Continue reading “Death in Churches: Targeting Christian Holidays in the Islamic World”

Tawriya: New Islamic Doctrine Permits ‘Creative Lying’

by Raymond Ibrahim

Stonegate Institute

Perhaps you have heard of taqiyya, the Muslim doctrine that allows lying in certain circumstances, primarily when Muslim minorities live under infidel authority. Continue reading “Tawriya: New Islamic Doctrine Permits ‘Creative Lying’”

Liberal Illiberalism: The Liberal Assault on Liberalism

by Victor Davis Hanson

PJ Media

Conservatives are put into awkward positions of critiquing liberal ideas on grounds that they are impractical, unworkable, or counterproductive. Yet rarely, at least outside the religious sphere, do they identify the progressive as often immoral [1]. Continue reading “Liberal Illiberalism: The Liberal Assault on Liberalism”

A Dangerous Verdict in New Jersey

by Bruce S. Thornton

FrontPage Magazine

New Jersey jury on Friday convicted a Rutgers freshman of “bias intimidation,” among several other charges. Continue reading “A Dangerous Verdict in New Jersey”