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
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Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationEurope is Hopeless, No?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Politically correct, The Left, Western CivilizationEurope needs some backbone, or its over. ============== At last count, members of the European Union spent more than $200 billion a year on defense, fielded more than 2,000 jet fighters and 500 naval ships, and employed some 1.4 million military personnel. More than a million police officers also walk Europe’s streets. Yet in the face of an Islamist menace the Continent... Read more
Welcome home!
July 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Western CivilizationDo you wonder why people risk death to come to the USA? Let’s keep it that way, please. ======= WSJ 7/2/2016 For the new recipient of a green card, life in the U.S. provides relief from the experiences of less hospitable places. BY AATISH TASEER ‘WELCOME HOME, SIR,” the immigration officer said when I presented him with my green card at John F. Kennedy Airport... Read more
The Bedouin Billionaire for Muslim Integration
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Europe, Western CivilizationStep up, folks. Most immigrants who have succeeded have had to do it. ============ WSJ 6/18/2016 Monaco Mohed Altrad came into this world after his father raped his mother somewhere in the Syrian desert. He doesn’t know his date of birth or his age. He is likely in his 60s but can’t be sure. He doesn’t know where exactly he was born either. Today... Read more
Put Britain at ‘The Back of the Queue?”
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Obama, Western CivilizationYou will not hear the liberal media call President Obama out on this one, but really, how brazen does the man have to be to lecture USA’s best allies? ========== WSJ 6/18/2016 By Andrew Roberts On June 23 the British people will be going to the polls to choose whether they want to continue with the present system whereby 60% of British laws are... Read more
Poll: Unease of Islam Growing in EU
May 8 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Islam, Western CivilizationSometimes I can’t believe it has taken this long. Of course, the liberal left, with its dominance in the media, likely have a significant impact filtering what might be a significantly wide-spread unease. ============ France is waking up. Breitbart reports that “an Ifop poll for Le Figaro measuring perceptions of Islam has found that people have a growing sense of unease about its... Read more
