Category Archives: Essays

The Mass Burn Surviving Uthman’s Koran: ‘Uthman sent to every Muslim province one copy of what they had copied, and ordered that all the other Qur’anic materials, whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt. Now that the … Continue reading →

Like John Coltrane, Diana West has left us alot to learn I once heard the brilliant jazz musician and nasty Antisemite Rahsaan Roland Kirk (who liked to say, “Bright moments is like walking into a Kosher deli and throwing pork … Continue reading →

Imam Feisal Rauf  makes the following comment that includes a quote from the Koran near the conclusion of his treacly 9/7/10 New York Times, Op-Ed : The Koran declares in its 36th chapter, regarded by the Prophet Muhammad as the … Continue reading →

There is nothing “nuanced” about Imam Feisal Rauf’s belief in the primacy of Sharia (Islamic Law) in society—any society. Rauf, in his 2004 “What’s Right With Islam”—released in Malaysia as, “A Call to Prayer from the World Trade Center Rubble: … Continue reading →

Ignaz Goldziher (d. 1921) on the Mutazilite revisionism of his era: Authors of sophistic fantasies about hypothetical developments in Islam at times draw pictures of how salutary it would have been to the evolution of Islam if the Mutazila had … Continue reading →

The Arab and non-Arab Muslim umma, or global community, vehemently denies pre-Islamic Jewish, and ignores pre-Islamic Christian connections to all the territories that comprised historical Syro-Palestine—including Judea, Samaria, modern Israel within the 1949 armistice borders, and Gaza. This historical negationism … Continue reading →

I was quoted last night (8/26/10) by Bret Baier during his “Grapevine” segment at the midpoint of the one hour prime time newscast, Special Report. The quote, below comes from this 2005 American Thinker essay of mine, at 0:53 to … Continue reading →

Dr. Elham Mane’a: “[T] he time has come to call things by their proper names: a theocracy that applies the precepts of the shari’a to [its] society today [is one that] violates individual rights, discriminates between its citizens, and oppresses … Continue reading →

From a Hamas poster glorifying the martyr who drowns the Zionists in blood (used as part of the cover art for Raphael Israeli’s seminal “Islamikaze”) As reported by the New York Post’s Tom Topoussis on June 19, 2010, Imam Feisal … Continue reading →

Mahmud of Ghazni, early 11th century Muslim jihadist who ravaged Hindu India during at least 17 conquering expeditions waged over 25 years. What New York High School students are required to affirm on their State Regents exams in global history: … Continue reading →