Category Archives: Essays

Lara Logan: Victim of Egyptian Islam’s Misogyny and Jew-Hatred Last Friday (2/11/11), Lara Logan, chief foreign correspondent for CBS News, was beaten and raped in Cairo during a thirty minute assault by a frenzied throng of over 200 Egyptians. According … Continue reading →

Tabari’s Koranic Tafsir (Commentary): Sanctioning a millennium (and ongoing) of Koranic dissimulation Yesterday (2/14/11) Sean Hannity asked whether the Koran sanctioned lying/ dissimulation (or “taqiyya”) during a debate between Robert Spencer and Michael Ghouse. Spencer appropriately cited Koran 3:28, and … Continue reading →

Unveiling Suhail’s Con—The “Tearful” Champion of Jihad Martyrdom As reported by Paul Sperry in the New York Post on January 9, 2011, during the Islamic Society of North America’s 1999 conference (see video, here) Suhail Khan exhorted Muslims to sacrifice … Continue reading →

Dr. Zudi Jasser is a decent man conflicted by what he wishes to be, and mainstream Islamic reality, as manifested in doctrine and practice since the creed’s 7th century foundation, through the present. Dr. Jasser gave a one hour interview … Continue reading →

In the wake of Mubarak’s resignation, amidst the ongoing Egyptian unrest, it is worth recalling what became known as the “Kamshish Affair” from April, 1966 (following the assassination of peasant leader Salah Husain Maqlad), and its aftermath. The events of … Continue reading →

Falk’s imaginary Ayatollah, circa February, 1979: Having created a new model of popular revolution based, for the most part, on non-violent tactics. Iran may yet provide us with a desperately-needed model of humane governance for a third-world country. If this … Continue reading →

What Bat Ye’or left for Elliot Abrams (in vain) and others (hopefully) to learn ## Ominous polling data from the contemporary Egyptian population reflect their deep, longstanding favorable inclination toward the Sharia, in all its totalitarian, brutally anti-freedom “glory.” The … Continue reading →

Edward W. Lane in Turkish garb ### What forces might be fully unleashed beyond Egypt’s borders if the Mubarak government is replaced by one far less inclined toward restraining its denizens? A recent detailed study of Egyptian children’s textbooks, revealed … Continue reading →

Across the political spectrum, the punditry has been sharing its profound analytical wisdom on the Egyptian protests, and resultant political turmoil. Two dominant themes have emerged from these analyses: delusive celebratory predictions about the “democratic” uprising in Egypt from both … Continue reading →

The “authoritatively” Jew-hating late Muslim Pope, Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, with the witless Karen Hughes Female genital mutilation—sanctioned by Shafiite Islamic Law—remains rampant (97% of women thus mutilated) in Egypt In follow-up to my earlier posting about widespread Egyptian Muslim … Continue reading →