http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/professor-of-islamic-history-affirms-that-minarets-can-be-assertions-of-political-power-and-supremac.html Professor of Islamic history affirms that minarets can be assertions of political power and supremacy When the Swiss minaret ban first broke, I noted that minarets were often expressions of Islamic political dominance. Many dismissed this as an “Islamophobic” idea. But now it has been affirmed by Tarek Kahlaoui, assistant professor of Islamic art […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/indonesia-mob-of-1000-muslims-storms-a-church-under-construction.html Indonesia: Mob of 1000 Muslims storms a church under construction The 7th-century Pact of Umar forbade the construction of new churches or repair of existing ones. The pact is in the spirit of Qur’an 9:29, which commands that non-Muslims “feel themselves subdued” — a fundamental reason why incidents such as this are neither new […]
Dead Wrong Durbin The law will not stop the courts from releasing foreign jihadists in the United States. By Andrew C. McCarthy Sen. Dick Durbin (R., Ill.) is the leading congressional advocate of the plan to ship the terrorists being detained at Guantanamo Bay to a prison in his (and the president’s) home state — […]
http://www.rutherford.org/Default.asp America Under Barack Obama An Interview with Nat Hentoff By John W. Whitehead “I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had.”—Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff has had a life well spent, one chock full of controversy fueled by his passion for the […]
The Weekly Standard 12/28/2009, Volume 015, Issue 15 Back to the Future: British anti-Semitism returns-with a vengeance. by Gabriel Schoenfeld Like cancer, ideas can metastasize. In 2007, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt — the former a professor at the University of Chicago, the latter at Harvard — came out with The Israel Lobby and U.S. […]
The Palin Wonder – by Jamie Glazov | FrontPage Magazine The Palin Wonder – Interview with Victor Davis Hanson Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist and historian at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. FP: Victor Hanson, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Hanson: Glad to be here again. FP: Sarah Palin is, clearly, carving […]
Column One: Reconsidering the Suez Campaign Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST It is hard to seize the initiative. The consequences of acting are frightening. It is always better to let others go first. But sometimes that is impossible. Today it is becoming clear that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has no choice but to lead. […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1182/Mullen-to-Front-Line-Troops-Focus-on-the-People-of-This-Country.aspx Mullen to Front-Line Troops: “Focus on the People of This Country” Dec 17 Written by: Diana West Here “the people” are, mainly university students, burning Prez Obama in effigy in Kabul in October. “Focus on the people of this country,” Adm Mullen urges his troops. OK. How ’bout if he goes first? —-Via the […]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Saudis urgently erect new border fence to block ‘massive’ immigration of Shi’ites ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia, amid heavy fighting with Shi’ite rebels, has begun erecting another security fence along its border with Yemen. Saudi military sources said the Defense Ministry has overseen a fast-track project to construct a […]
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/16/iran-politics-government-chavez-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html Freedom’s Edge Iran’s Global Bedfellows Claudia Rosett, If you listen to U.S. officialdom, Iran is a pariah, cast out by the world community for its sanctions-violating, nuclear-wannabe ways. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just warned Latin American nations that in choosing to “flirt with Iran,” they should “think twice.” Last month, White House […]
