http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/02/koranic_dissimulation_is_norma.html Andrew G. Bostom Yesterday (2/14/11) Sean Hannity asked about Koran sanctioned lying/ dissimulation (or “taqiyya”) during a debate between Robert Spencer and Michael Ghouse. Spencer appropriately cited Koran 3:28, and alluded to one classical Koranic commentary on this verse. Below are two translations of Koran 3:28 and its mainstream exegesis or interpretation from classical […]
Liberal operatives have launched an anti-Issa crusade http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/02/liberal_operatives_have_launch.html Ed Lasky Here we go again — the politics of personal destruction. Liberal operatives have launched an assault on Congressman Darrell Issa (Republican Congressman) to try to silence him and put an end to the investigations he has started to reveal what the Obama administration has been […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/time_to_defend_the_west.html Time to Defend the West By Robert Weissberg Europe finally appears to be waking up to the dangers of multiculturalism. Last October German Chancellor Angela Merkel confessed that multiculturalism was “a total failure” and British Prime Minister David Cameron more recently agreed, even linking “state multiculturalism” to Islamic terrorism. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703652104576121941625806096.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop Shakedown in Ecuador The comedy of legal errors against Chevron. Woody Allen made “Bananas” in 1971 about a South American banana republic, but as a slapstick comedy it’s hard to beat this week’s $8.6 billion judgment against Chevron by a provincial court in Ecuador. The only thing more preposterous than the case is that […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/2/16/main-feature/1/the-tribes-speak The Tribes Speak By Alex Joffe Unrest is spreading in the Middle East, but everywhere it displays a unique character. Take Jordan. In an unprecedented public letter to King Abdullah II, thirty-six of the country’s tribal leaders have warned that “Jordan will sooner or later be the target of an uprising similar to the […]
http://markdurie.blogspot.com/ Fear of Islam: Facts fuel growing unease Fear of Islam in the News Fear of Islam has become news. Time magazine’s cover story of August 2010 was “Is America Islamophobic?” Bobby Ghosh wrote: “… where ordinary Americans meet Islam, there is evidence that suspicion and hostility are growing. To be a Muslim in America […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/02/san-diego-devoutly-muslim-cab-driver-plows-into-crowd-outside-nightclub-injuring-23.html San Diego: “Devoutly Muslim” cab driver plows into crowd outside nightclub, injuring 23 The details are murky and disputed, but here are the basic facts: “Taxi Plows Into Crowd in San Diego,” from FoxNews.com, February 12: SAN DIEGO — A taxi cab driver plowed slowly into a crowd on a sidewalk in San Diego’s […]
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011/02/britains-trades-union-congress-and-bds.html#more Britain’s Trades Union Congress and the BDS Movement The following article, entitled “The British Trade Union Movement, Israel, and Boycotts”, is by Ronnie Fraser, and has been issued by the Institute of Global Jewish Affairs. Ronnie Fraser is Director of the Academic Friends of Israel, which he founded in 2002. He is a doctoral student […]
PHARAOHS AND FAIRY TALES http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/3722/26 Scott Erb emails: Dear Mark, I find it odd that you’d see a secular protest of millions of Egyptians against a tyrant to be “dark.” This is what America stands for — our ideals are winning. The Islamic extremists have not caught on with the Arab youth. Moreover, these changes […]
http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/3727/26 WHERE’S THE MUSCLE? At the New York Conservative Party conference in Albany the other week, I was asked about the party’s role in state politics. I replied that in a multiparty system it’s very important to have some sort of force to the right of the right-of-center party – to arrest the tendency of the […]
