Category Archives: Essays

Edward A. Freeman, a fierce 19th century opponent of jihad-imposed dhimmitude, and its Western Power abettors   Edward Augustus Freeman (1823-92), was a highly esteemed and influential British historian. Freeman was born at Harborne, in Staffordshire, and educated at Oxford, … Continue reading →

A review of Wafa Sultan’s, “A God Who Hates,” St. Martin’s Press, 2009, 256 pp.   On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, an ominous interim decision was reached in the case of 17 year- old Sri Lankan native, and Christian “apostate” … Continue reading →

“Understanding has given away to apologetics pure and simple.”   From Franz Rosenthal    …to current Yale chaplain, the conspiratorial and idiotic Omer Bajwa     Two obituaries (published in the New York Times, and Yale News) from 2003 for … Continue reading →

Arun Shourie As the duty (to wage Jihad) is an overriding one all means are permissible. “War is stratagem, “ the Prophet says, “War is deceit.” (Sahih Muslim, Volume III, pp. 945, 990-991; Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 4, pp. 166-67; Sunan … Continue reading →

My colleague Diana West has another essential, trenchant analysis of the Islamic correctness—founded upon provably false, and ultimately delusional conceptions of Islamic doctrine—that underpins General Stanley McChrystal’s Afghanistan assessment. This very dangerous fool’s errand is epitomized by the General’s effort … Continue reading →

Original illustration of an Egyptian Muslim woman from Lane’s An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians   E.W. Lane wrote an informative firsthand account of life in Egypt (An Account of the Manners and Customs of … Continue reading →

Ma’ariful Qur’an by Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shafi (1898-1976), former Grand Mufti of (pre-Partition) India, and founder of Darul Ulum Karachi, is the best known Koranic commentary in Urdu. In an essay of mine published yesterday at The American Thinker focusing … Continue reading →

Father Michel Hayek (d. 2005): His frank words contextualize the threat to Rifqa Bary   Retired FBI agent John Guandolo recently eviscerated the distressingly incompetent and stupid Florida Department of Law Enforcement pseudo-investigation—fully compliant with the jihadist front CAIR’s “guidance”—of … Continue reading →

In No Hurr(i)y(ya) for Freedom?   A report  by the Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) includes these observations which echo the depressing conclusions of Western scholars of Islam recorded several decades ago in The Encyclopedia of Islam. Although utterly … Continue reading →

From This….   …To This? “drink lots of tea, eat lots of goat, get to know the people.”    Diana West has a chilling and infuriating blog about how the sheer perversity of our  “drink lots of tea, eat lots … Continue reading →