Author Archives: Andrew Bostom

How Sharia Undermines Western Justice (with Addendum)

Wife-battering imam of the Darul Quran Mosque in Munich, Sheikh Abu Adam, is the face of Germany’s Islamic “Justice.” Adam gave a lecture at the city’s Catholic University entitled “An Islam which distances itself from violence,” shortly before being arrested … Continue reading

USMC Ret. John Bernard: Petraeus/McChrystal ROE “beyond the pale, immoral”

Ret. Marine 1st Sgt. John Bernard, right, with his wife, Sharon and late son, Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard, at Joshua’s graduation from Marine boot camp, on Parris Island, S.C., in March 2007. This morning (Thursday, 9/1/12) WHJJ’s Helen Glover conducted a superb … Continue reading

Amil Imani: Governor Perry’s Islam Connection

NOTE-Amil e-mailed this comment before allowing me to post his essay: “I made several visits to ‘Jamatkhanehs’ in Texas and interviewed the residence about Aga Khan and asked about Perry and so on and so forth. I researched for 3 … Continue reading

Here Comes The Sun (And There Goes Anthropogenic Warmism)

As Lawrence Solomon has reported, with little fanfare—certainly none from pseudo-scientific, apocalyptic, anthropogenic warmists and their uncritical (if witless) media and political champions—Jasper Kirkby et al. have just published a seminal paper in Nature (“Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and … Continue reading

A Grim Post 9/11 Failure: How Pakistan Will “Re-Talibanize” Afghanistan

As we rapidly approach the ten year anniversary of the mass murderous jihad terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001,  the complete lack of American geostrategic vision becomes more glaringly apparent, on all fronts, domestic and international, military and non-military. We have failed … Continue reading

Popeye Knew the Libyan Rebels

The scenes of Libyan “rebels” looting Qaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound (here; here), and their general mayhem in “liberated” Tripoli, brought to mind the 1937 insights of that great animated Orientalist—Popeye—via  my dear friend Hillel Stavis. From Popeye the Sailor and … Continue reading

Diana West Interviewed About the Emerging Libyan Zabibahstan

Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Zabibah-prominent current “moderate leader” of the emerging NATO-backed Libyan Zabibahstan (via John Rosenthal): “The most prominent of the defectors, the president of the NTC, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, is likewise described by the authors as a ‘traditionalist’ who … Continue reading

77% of Democrats (and Ron Paul) Voted Against ROE That Protect Our Troops

Florida Republican Congressman John Mica offered the following morally clear Amendment (5/25/2011—H.AMDT.318 (A018) Amends H.R.1540): Amendment requires that the rules of engagement [ROE] allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules … Continue reading

The New Libyan Zabibah-stan: Made Safe for Sharia?

Mustafa Abduljalil, spokesman for the new Libyan Zabibah-stan. Zabibah–prominent* Libyan “rebel” spokesperson Mustafa Abduljalil, born in 1952 in Al Baida, one of the first cities to rise against Gaddafi, studied law and Islamic jurisprudence in Benghazi before embarking on a … Continue reading

Mainstream American Muslim “Jurisprudence” on Dogs

In follow-up to the wrenching story related yesterday about Wiley, a cruelly brutalized Afghan mutt—treated in accord with doctrinal and historical Islamic attitudes towards dogs—I discovered the fatwas (reproduced below) on dogs and dog ownership, from the mainstream American Muslim … Continue reading