http://politicalmavens.com/ THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S SLANTED EYE With a tone of disingenuous naivete, Alana Newhouse reveals that Roman Vishniac, photographer of Eastern European Jewry before the holocaust, staged some of his photographs and creatively captioned others in order to slant the view of shtetl Jewry to reflect orthodox piety and old-fashioned poverty (A Closer Reading of Roman […]
How the Western Pursuit of Muslim Moderates Actually Promotes Extremism The term Moderate Muslim is a misnomer, because it is the equivalent of describing him as a Secular Catholic or a Liberal Conservative. Muslims who pride themselves on sticking to the Koran view extremism as a virtue, not a fault. Islam’s reform movements that succeeded […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5902/pub_detail.asp April 5, 2010 Exclusive: What is So Hard to Believe? Gadi Adelman I am used to people questioning me about Islam, Sharia and terrorism. But this week I had an unbelievable exchange with someone that really made me take a step back and wonder why so many don’t believe or care that Islam is […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5904/pub_detail.asp Excusive: Palestinian Prime Minister Says Jerusalem will be Palestinian Capital Next Year Paul Williams, PhD Holy Fire vigil in Jerusalem next year. Speaking at the end of Easter celebrations in Bethlehem, Fayyad announced, “Next year, Inshallah (God willing), we shall celebrate in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in east Jerusalem, the capital of […]
Climate Catastrophe A Superstorm for Global Warming Research http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,686697,00.html By Marco Evers, Olaf Stampf and Gerald Traufetter Plagued by reports of sloppy work, falsifications and exaggerations, climate research is facing a crisis of confidence. How reliable are the predictions about global warming and its consequences? And would it really be the end of the world […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,druck-686906,00.html Islam Critic Necla Kelek An Enthusiastic Defender of Freedom By Dirk Kurbjuweit The Turkish-German writer Necla Kelek is a vehement defender of democracy. Her criticism of Islam has made many German intellectuals uneasy. But has she been unjustly vilified? There are also problems among Germans, it’s not just the Turks, a young man points […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/British couple jailed in Dubai for kissing in public lose their appeal, face prison There’s a very mild content warning on the video above, but the point of it is that a jihad against love and ordinary human interaction is very much a part of Sharia. Modern, moderate Dubai, the hope of Dinesh D’Souza, is […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Whoops: Muslim charity praised by British PM and Prince of Wales under investigation for funneling money to Hamas-linked groups The juxtaposition of “charitable” work with jihad should surprise no one. It has long been a trademark of a variety of jihadist groups like Hamas and Hizballah, among others. In the West, the two are […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303382504575163804139815206.html#printMode Unserious About Iran Obama is acting as if he believes a nuclear Tehran is inevitable. ‘Our aim is not incremental sanctions, but sanctions that will bite.” Thus did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seek to reassure the crowd at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee two weeks ago about the Obama Administration’s resolve on […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/05/oil-drilling-head-fake/ PYLE: Oil drilling head fake Thomas J. Pyle Nearly 30 years ago, Congress imposed a moratorium on the safe and environmentally sound practice of offshore oil and natural-gas exploration. In the early 1990s, President George H.W. Bush imposed a similar ban in the form of an executive order. And while this ban was in […]
