Source: The infidels will not be silenced – UnHerd Thirty-three years ago, when I was a teenager in Nairobi, I was a book burner. The year was 1989, the year of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, and I was seduced by the rising tide of Islamism. I greeted the fatwa with glee. I rarely burnt actual books: we were too poor to... Read more
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The infidels will not be silenced – UnHerd
August 17 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Islam, Western CivilizationHow will Muslim Nominee Protect Other Faiths?
November 22 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Biden, Christianity, Islam, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionChristianity Daily 11/21/2021 A Colorado-based group promoting religious freedom asked President Joe Biden’s Muslim nominee, Rashad Hussain, how will he and the administration protect other faiths and their rights. WND said JihadWatch, through its director Robert Spencer, highlighted the 7-page open letter sent by Save The Persecuted Christians Coalition to Hussain questionimg his capacity to be truthful to his role as an “Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious... Read more
Why Afghan women are fighting back – UnHerd
September 11 | Posted by mrossol | Afghanistan, American Thought, Islam, Radical IslamUnHerd by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 9/11/2021
I was a defiant little girl. One afternoon, I came home with my nails painted — a grave sin. My mother took one look and told me to get the filth off of my nails before she chopped off each finger.
My mother could be fierce and she punished me frequently, but even...
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‘Nobody can hurt me’ | WORLD News Group
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Christianity, Islam, Religious PersecutionWell, President Trump? How big are your cajones? ======= On the night before her final hearing before Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Asia Bibi had a dream. “I saw in a dream that all the doors of the prison are open,” she described, “and I’m worrying that if the jail superintendent comes she will be very furious.” Hope can burn from the faintest wick. For... Read more
The Truth About Muhammad Ali and the Draft
May 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Islam, Radical IslamMy bet? That you’ve never heard this before… ========== WSJ 4/28/2017 By Paul Beston On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali—then still known to many by his birth name, Cassius Clay—reported to Local Board No. 61 in Houston for induction into the U.S. armed forces. The 25-year-old heavyweight champion spent the morning filling out forms and receiving a physical exam. In the afternoon,... Read more
Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationTHis one is a bit long, but well worth the read. ===== WSJ 7/23/2016 First Egypt and now Turkey show the perils of ideological religious parties (and strongman rule), but other Muslim countries are faring better with democracy. BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV IN 1999, a former mayor of Istanbul named Recep Tayyip Erdogan was imprisoned and banned from politics for life for reciting a poem. “Our... Read more
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