July 5, 2013 – 8:33 am
Of course, this is one of the great things about American democracy (don’t start with the “it’s a Republic” thing), based on the 1st Amendment: allowing other viewpoints. Which is interesting for the NY Times, because, at best, they rarely allow more than super-squishy Republicans to publish op-eds. Anyhow, here’s the Brookings Institute’s Shadi Hamid, […]
June 1, 2013 – 6:44 am
Has anyone at the DOJ, especially the leadership, actually read the Constitution and the part about Free Speech? (Judicial Watch) In its latest effort to protect followers of Islam in the U.S. the Obama Justice Department warns against using social media to spread information considered inflammatory against Muslims, threatening that it could constitute a violation […]
May 14, 2013 – 8:11 pm
Typical outrage. I’m sure the word “Islamophobia” will be thrown around (The Blaze) A birthday greeting card found in a Chicago novelty shop has the Council on American-Islamic Relations fuming because of its implication that a hijab-wearing doll is a suicide bomber. The front of the card shows a doll wearing a pink and blue […]
May 6, 2013 – 8:30 am
The House hearings are going to be very, very interesting…well, not in most news outlets, which have decided that the deaths of 4 Americans, including an Ambassador, in an attack on September 11th, is no big deal, nothing to see here, not even worthy of front page coverage, at least not under a Democrat Administration […]
April 29, 2013 – 8:50 am
One of the media narratives has been that, somehow, Tamerlan Tsarnaev went from well adjusted citizen to psychotic bomber motivated by, well, the media aren’t quite sure, could have something to do with some obscure religion, but, probably not, due to the failures of his boxing career. His coach says “nope!” (Fox News) The Boston […]
April 25, 2013 – 7:06 am
More importantly, the media narrative that Boston was just some minor event with no links to any wider Muslim extremist movement continues, as witnessed in Fareed Zakaria’s op-ed As we learn more about the brothers Tsarnaev, we are inclined to ask larger questions about their apparent descent into terror. What does it tell us about […]
April 24, 2013 – 7:01 am
Let’s see: both liberals and Islamists became radicalized. Both engage in or attempt to engage in violence (though Islamists typically try and kill lots of people more often for their beliefs). Both like to Blame The United States. And… (Washington Post) The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American […]
April 23, 2013 – 9:08 am
This makes me wonder: are they wondering how bat guano Islamist jihadis could do crazy things, or are they going conspiracy theory (Mother Jones) Dzhokhar and Tamerlan’s motive—or motives—is still unclear (um, no: they were motivated by “religious fervor“, ie, the Religion of Peace.) But that’s not the only unknown. Many of the Tsarnaevs’ actions […]
April 22, 2013 – 8:04 am
Yes, the same lady who thinks your kids aren’t yours, and should be fully handed over to The State (Mediaite) Making the point that the Tsarnaev brothers’ Muslim faith at the moment bears little relevance to the investigation into the brothers’ decision to attack the Boston Marathon last week, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry observed that […]
March 13, 2013 – 7:29 am
In case you missed it, the Council on Islamic-American Relations has been running ads attempting to paint “jihad” as being a positive thing. Some are fighting back by exposing the reality, and this has made some in San Fran unhappy as the campaign uses actual Islamist quotes (CBS SF) A controversy has been re-ignited this […]
