http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/ibn-warraq-the-westminster-institute-virginia-educating-the-public-and-government-about-the-ideology-1.html The Westminster Institute (Virginia): Educating the Public and Government About the Ideology of the Terrorists, and Ways to Counter It by Ibn Warraq Part I here. 2. ABDULLAH AZZAM: THE DEFENSE OF THE MUSLIM LANDS Abdullah Azzam [1941-1989], who created an organisation that would later become al-Qaeda, was the mentor of Osama bin Laden. […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/saudi-king-intervenes-to-change-law-that-made-women-buy-lingerie-from-male-salesmen-due-to-ban-on-fe.html Saudi king intervenes to change law that made women buy lingerie from male salesmen due to ban on female clerks Sometimes there’s “creeping Sharia.” More often than not, though, it’s just plain creepy Sharia, and this case certainly falls in the latter category. The unintended consequence of the complete ban on female sales clerks, […]
The World of Political Discourse Enjoins the Imagination by Herbert I. London http://www.hudson-ny.org/2202/world-of-political-discourse When the president of the United States says we have to control expenditures and then advocates dramatic increases in the budget, I am perplexed. When I am told the economy is in recovery, but according to recent reports the unemployment rate has […]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003205/Michelle-Obama-charges-10k-photo-election-fundraiser-LA.html Would you pay $10k for a photo with the First Lady? Michelle Obama flies to LA to raise money for husband’s re-election By Fiona Roberts If Barack Obama’s worried about finding enough cash for his 2012 election campaign, he needn’t be – his wife’s got it covered. The First Lady charged lucky – and […]
Hearing Offers Eyewitness Accounts of Prison Radicalization http://www.investigativeproject.org/2972/hearing-offers-eyewitness-accounts-of-prison A former federal prosecutor and a former New York state prison official who investigated radical Islamist recruitment will discuss the threat of prison radicalization during a House hearing Wednesday. Former prosecutor Kevin Smith likely will discuss a California case in which inmates radicalized at Folsom prison plotted […]
http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/91513/sec_id/91513 On June 10th, a board fight erupted at the National Defense University Foundation (NDUF) meeting at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. Fort McNair is the home of the National Defense University – our nation’s premier senior military education institution, established by the Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff (J-5). The NDUF board has 26 members, 18 of whom have […]
Bachmann Smart, Media Dumb June 14, 2011 8:27 A.M. By Stanley Kurtz Seems like only yesterday when Michelle Bachmann was supposed to be dumb. Come to think of it, it was yesterday, until about 8:30pm anyway. I found out how silly it was to think of Bachmann that way late last year, when I heard […]
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100092061/breaking-syrian-state-documents-show-assad-orchestrated-nakba-day-raids-on-golan-heights/ Michael Weiss is the Communications Director of the Henry Jackson Society and the Spokesperson of Just Journalism, which monitors the British media’s coverage of Israel and the Middle East. I have just been forwarded what appear to be Syrian state documents leaked by the governor of al-Qunaitera, in south-west Syria, which suggest that the regime […]
Archbishop of Dhimmitude? A press release from Lambeth http://markdurie.blogspot.com/ The following press release from Lambeth Palace, issued on Tuesday June 14, has some positive features, including its concern for religious freedom and religious rights. However it has grave weaknesses, quite apart from the mis-naming of the OIC (it is the Organisation for the Islamic Conference, […]
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=225000 An open letter to Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Støre By SHIMON SAMUELS P.S. DROP DEAD YOU HYPOCRITICAL ANTI SEMITIC BASTARD….RSK Mr. Foreign Minister, your statement seems to fly in the face of both your training as a military officer and your country’s own World War II history. Your June 7 condemnation of Israel’s defense […]