THis 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
Archive for the ‘Radical Islam’ Category
Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationOrlando is not about Gun Control
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Radical Islam, The LeftIf you are willing to think and reasonably discuss the issue, I invite you to this perspective. =========== By Ashley H. Lukis I can understand why gun control dominates the public conversation after incidents like Sandy Hook, like Virginia Tech, like Charleston. What I cannot begin to comprehend is how, when faced by an ideological monster who has pledged his allegiance to an... Read more
President Canute
June 14 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Obama, Radical Islam“Stop!” ==== In the spring of 2013 Barack Obama delivered the defining speech of his presidency on the subject of terrorism. Its premise was wrong, as was its thesis, as were its predictions and recommendations. We are now paying the price for this cascade of folly. “Today, Osama bin Laden is dead, and so are most of his top lieutenants,” the president... Read more
Is Anyone Awake?
April 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Europe, ISIS, Radical Islam, The Left, Western CivilizationWhat am I missing? ============ WSJ 4/11/2016 By James P. Cain Two Saturdays ago, just outside Maastricht, the Netherlands, I visited the 65 acre American Cemetery in Margraten. A sea of marble white crosses and Stars of David is arrayed in a gentle arc marking the final resting place of 8,301 American soldiers who fell nearby while ensuring the liberty and security of a... Read more
A Taliban Easter
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Radical Islam, Religious Persecution, Terrorism, The LeftAnd your President cannot call this what it truly is. ====== 3/28/2016 There aren’t many Christians left in Pakistan, but that’s still too many for the Taliban. A splinter group of the Pakistani faction of the Islamist terror group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Christians celebrating in a park in Lahore on Easter Sunday. At least 65 people, mostly women... Read more
How We Might Defeat Radical Jihadism – Noonan
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ISIS, Noonan, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Terrorism, The LeftA great read. ===== 3/26/2016 These things are obvious after the Brussels bombings: In striking at the political heart of Europe, home of the European Union, the ISIS jihadists were delivering a message: They will not be stopped. What we are seeing now is not radical jihadist Islam versus the West but, increasingly, radical jihadist Islam versus the world. They are on the move... Read more
