Category Archives: Essays

Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders’ film over de Koran. (Nederlands) http://www.liveleak.com:80/view?i=7d9_1206624103

His new animated film reportedly shows the Muslim prophet, accompanied by his child bride Aisha, on the way to a mosque to “deflower” her. Wilders’ film (and the reaction to it) may be  humdrum, in comparison! As the world awaits … Continue reading →

Muhammad (veiled, alone on the right) watching the massacre he orchestrated of the male Medinan Jews of the Banu Qurayza tribe. The indispensable MEMRI recently provided further evidence from the core Muslim texts (the Koran, as well as the hadith … Continue reading →

Interviewer: Do you have a problem with religion? Dr. Ibtihal Al-Khatib: Of course not. My problem is with religious coercion. That is what goes on in most Arab countries. Amidst the endless stream of blather across the political spectrum about … Continue reading →

Magdi Allam’s account of why he converted to Christianity, includes these brutally frank comments, below. A full translation is available at Zenit.org:    I had to ask myself about the attitude of those who publicly declared fatwas, Islamic juridical verdicts, against … Continue reading →

In light of Magdi Allam’s high profile, public conversion by Pope Benedict, it is worth remembering that Sicily experienced full-fledged, jihad-imposed dhimmitude for both its Christian and Jewish inhabitants, particularly during the 9th century.   Perhaps The Pope has been made … Continue reading →

An Easter Celebration of Freedom of Conscience Magdi Allam, a Muslim intellectual living in Italy, who is the assistant editor of Corriere della Sera, recently published, Viva Israele : dall’ideologia della morte alla civiltà della vita : la mia storia … Continue reading →

Sada Cumber, Our Man at the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), believes, “oh my goodness, I think the Muslim values that they [the OIC] are aspiring here are exactly in sync’ with American values”… According to this story (3/16/08), Sada Cumber, … Continue reading →

As noted by Spengler in The Asia Times (3/18/08) Senator Barack Obama’s Reverend and mentor, the bigoted Jeremiah Wright, invoked James Cone, repeatedly, during a now infamous interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:   “Wright: How many of Cone’s books … Continue reading →

An-Naim: Does he really believe like his mentor, Mahmoud Muhammad Taha, that the jihad-waging sword of Islam was a surgeon’s lancet, “justifying the use of the sword, we may describe it as a surgeon’s lancet, and not a butcher’s knife…We … Continue reading →