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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Yet another Scandal…

If Americans need more evidence that a) Afghanistan is a mess and the war (which costs the US about $100,000 every 28 seconds, I timed it, that’s $308,571,428.57 a day) is unwinnable and that b) Obama and his administration are completely incompetent in their foreign policy, here it is: Rep. Dana... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Did you know Ibrahim Lincoln was a Muslim?

Pretty well throughout the Soviet-Russian period many important inventions and discoveries where falsely claimed to have been made by Soviet inventors and scientists. This ludicrous attempt at re-writing history has its parallel in the equally ludicrous attempt by Islamic ‘thinkers’ and ‘historians’... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

More on ‘The Trauma of Modern Islam’…

To follow up on my previous post, and to show you that the ‘Trauma of modern Islam’ is not merely an observation made by infidels, but is understood by thoughtful Muslims themselves, I’ll give you an article by Khaled Montaser. It was translated by Raymond Ibrahim, one of the most knowledgeable... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

On the Trauma of Modern Islam…

Years ago, when I first began to look at Islam seriously, or maybe I should say after I had been at it for a while, I wrote that one of the reasons for Islam’s success in the Arab peninsula was the fact it had never been conquered, and hence civilized, by Rome. Arabs in those days were very much at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

For a Change: Good News out of the Middle East…

I absolutely hate being the bearer of nothing but bad news – it’s depressing! Unfortunately, when it comes to the Middle East there’s very little of the other kind to be had. Sometimes even the nice, summery skies have very dark clouds on the horizon, such as in Libya … However, today some good... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

And now, “Ta-da – Here he is…Meet Khairat al-Shater…” Part II

Before giving you the second part of of Kessler’s paper on al-Shater, a few remarks occasioned by a comment from TAPS, and it has to do with this taqiyya business. TAPS says, “ It would seem to me that for anyone practicing Taqiyya, that their religion doesn't mean much to them. But then who is to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

And now, “Ta-da – Here he is…Meet Khairat al-Shater…” Part I

I have mentioned, have I not, that the delightful Muslim Brotherhood is fielding a candidate for Egypt ’s presidency? After having promised they wouldn’t? (Well, of course only fools believed that promise. As a matter of fact, while there are certainly Muslims who are honest in their personal... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 9, 2012

One Problem – Two Approaches…Part II

As I pointed out in my previous post, the Muslim Brotherhood is very much on the march, in Egypt and elsewhere. Now the country’s largest single party, and likely to have their candidate win the Egyptian presidency, there is no doubt they will turn Egypt into another Islamic theocracy. I don’t... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

One Problem – Two Approaches…Part I

You were probably aware of the fact that, after swearing up and down they would never contest a presidential election, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood now has put up a candidate. Well, if you weren’t, you are now, LOL… Of course, why shouldn’t they? They are now, after all, the strongest party in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 2, 2012

The Pot is boiling in Pakistan…Part II

Anyone understands that, in a sense, speaking of ‘Canada’, ‘America’ or any other country as ‘doing’ this, that or the other is a gloss over an immensely complex reality – countries ‘do’ nothing, though we talk that way to simplify things for ourselves. In reality, governments (itself a rather... Sign in to see full entry.

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