by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
In 1937, the London Times editor Geoffrey Dawson wrote to his correspondent in Geneva, “I do my best, night after night, to keep out of the paper anything that might hurt [German] susceptibilities . . . . I have always been convinced that the peace of the world depends more than anything else upon our getting into reasonable relations with Germany.” Continue reading “Appeasing Jihadists”
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPageMagazine.com
Last week witnessed popular Muslim preacher Abu Ishaq al-Huwaini boast about how Islam allows Muslims to buy and sell conquered infidel women, so that “When I want a sex-slave, I go to the market and pick whichever female I desire and buy her.” Continue reading “Muslim Woman Seeks to Revive Institution of Sex-Slavery”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
In September 1938 English Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, explaining why he was flying to Germany a third time in order to make peace with Germany, recited the old nursery rhyme: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” Continue reading “Obama’s Bow to the Muslim World, Round II”
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPageMagazine.com
Not only does recent jihadist rampage against Ethiopia’s indigenous Christians highlight the travails Christians encounter wherever Islam has a sizable population, but it offers several insights, including some which should concern faraway, secular nations with Muslim minorities. According to Fox News: Continue reading “Muslim Jihad in Christian Ethiopia: Lessons for the West”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Hudson New York
As we ponder the significance of Osama bin Laden’s death, it is well to reflect that Islamists are not the cause of hostilities; they are but symptoms of a much greater cause. Continue reading “Bin Laden and the Eternal Hydra of War”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
This was the sort of split-the-difference address that the president is now famous for — long on Icarus-like soaring phraseology, very short on down-to-earth realities. Continue reading “Hope and Change in the Middle East”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
“I don’t care if someone is giving us money; we are not a purchasable commodity. We cannot be bought. We can live in hunger, but we won’t compromise our national interests.”
– Bashir Bilour, a Pakistani senior minister, in angry response following an al-Qaeda reprisal for the American killing of Osama bin Laden Continue reading “Adios, Pakistan”
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
To posit the significance of Osama bin Laden’s demise, we must first decide which came first — the chicken or the egg? Continue reading “Was Osama Bin Laden the Chicken or the Egg?”
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPageMagazine.com
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: Continue reading “Muslim ‘Inferiority Complex’ Kills Christians”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Advancing a Free Society
The post-mortem revelations of Osama bin Laden’s daily habits have confirmed the orthodox narrative about the al-Qaeda chief. Continue reading “The Fellow Travelers of Jihadism”