Is Newt Gingrich Wrong to Talk About Sharia?
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media In a recent article appearing in Tablet, Lee Smith takes former House speaker Newt Gingrich to task for the latter’s focus on sharia (i.e., Islamic law). Share This
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The Allawi Dance
The Iraqi minister’s new book quivers and vacillate on Islamic culture. by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly A review of The Crisis of Islamic Civilization by Ali A. Allawi (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. 304 pp.). Share This
Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a ‘Zionist Conspiracy’
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media In a recent article, I argued that the Ground Zero mosque is counterproductive to Islam. Share This
Ground Zero Mosque
Why it is counterproductive to the Islamist cause. by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media While vexing to many, the mega mosque set to be built two blocks from Ground Zero has produced one interesting but unintended consequence: like the 9/11 strikes a decade before it, the “9/11 mosque” is also creating a stir, is making people think and
Liberalism and Islam?
Top Muslim cleric Qaradawi urges western Muslims to ‘liberalize’ outwardly, anyway. by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media A recent episode of the popular Arabic show al-Sharia wa al-Haya (Law and Life), which airs weekly on Al Jazeera and features renowned Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, addressed the important yet little known Muslim concept of taysir (pronounced “tey-seer”). Share This
The Two Faces of the Ground Zero Mosque
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Depending on whether Islamists address Americans or fellow Muslims, the same exact words they use often relay diametrically opposed meanings. Share This
New Fatwa Calls on Men to Drink Women’s Breast-Milk
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Last month, I wrote a PJM article dealing with some of Islam’s “problematic” practices, specifically those attributable to the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Share This
Unprecedented: Egyptian Government Suppresses Christian Doctrine
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media It is not enough that the Egyptian government facilitates persecution of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous Christian minority. Share This
What Did You Say About Muhammad?
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Which is more likely to elicit an irate Muslim response: 1) public cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, or 2) public proclamations that Muhammad was a bisexual, sometime transvestite and necrophile, who enjoyed sucking on the tongues of children, commanded a woman to “breastfeed” an adult man, and advised believers
Democracy at Risk
by Raymond Ibrahim American Thinker A review of The War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy by Dr. Walid Phares (Macmillen, 2007, pp. 288) first appeared inThe America Thinker under the book’s title. Share This