A prime example of the uselessness of the term “terrorism.” First, it is a method, and not an ideology, and thus lends itself to broad applications without describing the reason for the supposed “terrorism.” And allegations of terrorism are quite easy to come by — one will recall the charges…

[Editor's note: This is the final installment of a three-part series. Click the following for Part I and Part II.] The campaign to pressure artists to boycott is part of a highly organised mass movement. As with pro-Palestinians generally, the so called BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanction) Movement continually draws parallels between apartheid South Africa and Israel. [...]

Who is driving the hate-campaign to strip the Jewish State of credibility and defenses?

St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City provided a touching tribute to U.S. military personnel during church services on Memorial Day weekend. Let us follow St. Patrick’s lead by honoring our fellow Americans who have gone into harm’s way to protect and defend us, and who continue to answer the call to duty. They are truly our nation’s best; and we do not understand or appreciate them enough.

Two Massachusetts Muslims are arrested in a raid, and the Governor of Massachusetts behaves as if Muslims were the victims, not the perpetrators, of jihad terrorism. Shouldn’t he be reassuring the Jewish community and other prime targets of jihad instead? “Deval Patrick vows support for Muslims,” by Marie Szaniszlo in…

On his TV show yesterday Glenn Beck took aim at the foul-mouthed Bertha Lewis, chief ringleader of the organized crime syndicate known as ACORN. (no video; transcript here) In case you’ve been vacationing on Mars for the last two years: President Obama worked for ACORN’s Project Vote affiliate, trained ACORN organizers and represented ACORN as a [...]

How about that. That, after all, is the aim of jihad in general. And while this story makes a point of branding the Taliban’s enforcement of sharia as “antiquated and regressive,” the penalty it singles out as an example, amputation, is found in the Qur’an more than once (5:33, 5:38)….

This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Find out why in The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War On America. “Unserious About Iran,” from the Wall Street Journal, April 5: ‘Our aim is not incremental sanctions, but sanctions that will bite.” Thus did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…

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This looks great at first glance, but as with so many of these kinds of initiatives, it looks less and less good the more one examines it.
The focus seems to be entirely upon a fatwa issues by Ibn Taymiyya. Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) was a jurist [...]

This looks great at first glance, but as with so many of these kinds of initiatives, it looks less and less good the more one examines it. The focus seems to be entirely upon a fatwa issues by Ibn Taymiyya. Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) was a jurist of…