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"VIOLENT JIHAD IS NOT RADICAL! How could it be, when Muhammad himself led armies in battle and ordered the killing of recalcitrant non-Muslims?" Another much needed corrective to the discussion on Islam. Tim Furnish is simply one of the best, and by far the wittiest, experts on Islam writing today. You can order his books and follow his blog through these links: Sects, Lies & the Caliphate: Ten Years of Observations on Islam Ten Years' Captivation with the Mahdi's Camps: Essays on Muslim Eschatology, 2005-2015 Blog: The Occidental Jihadist - Reflections on Culture, Geopolitics, and Muslim Eschatology "Radical” Islam: Livin’ on the Edge, or Stuck Squarely in the Middle, of the Religion? by Timothy R. Furnish, PhD, Three Kraters Media , Nov 12, 2018: There is absolutely NOTHING “radical” or “extremist” about this flag, even though ISIS and similar groups use it.  The flag says “there is no deity but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger.” That’s the credo of 1....

"This morally disgusting outcome is what happens when you allow your country to become Islamized." Bravo for Rod Dreher for calling this one right. If you haven't been following Asia Bibi's story, get up to speed with these links: Pakistan: Christian woman imprisoned for years for blasphemy is acquitted, Muslims riot and call for her death Pakistan: 11,000 Muslims in protests against acquittal of Christian “blasphemer,” demand public hanging Pakistani government capitulates to rioters, bans Asia Bibi from leaving country, reviews her blasphemy acquittal Pakistan: Lawyer for Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges flees to Europe in fear of his life Additional News Stories tagged with 'Asia Bibi' The USA has an opportunity to help this Christian woman whose life and that of her family (and her attorney) are at risk because of Islam, the Koran, and Muhammad. England has revealed whom it considers its true overlords to be. The black flag of Islam will soon...

“London is more Islamic than many Muslim countries put together” The title of Melanie Phillips' prophetic 2007 book haunts England, Europe and America to this day, as the Islamic takeover of a collapsing, post-Christian West continues to accelerate. The article below details disturbing trends, such as these: 423 new mosques, and they are packed, 100 Shariah courts, creating a parallel legal system outside of English law, weekly attendance of Muslims at mosque will surpass the number of Christians at church by 2020. Not mentioned in the below article is  London's  massive crime wave , with acid attacks and stabbings, rape and gun crimes and homicide all way up; homicides up by 27%, youth homicides up by 70%, and robbery up by over 33%. Also not referenced below, "taking the three English translations of the same Arabic name as one has left Muhammad the most popular boy’s name in England and Wales every year since 2011 ." Let the reader understand. LONDONISTAN , by Mela...

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sets ominous precedent, enforces Sharia restrictions on speech concerning Islam, criminalizes criticism of Muhammad. In Europe, Free Speech Bows to Sharia By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY, National Review , October 27, 2018 Europeans are free to say only what the courts let them. When he was 50, the prophet of Islam took as his wife Aisha, who was then six or seven. The marriage was consummated when Aisha was nine. This is not a smear. It is an accurate account of authoritative Islamic scripture. (See, e.g., Sahih-Bukhari, Vol. 5, Book 58, Nos. 234–236 .) Yet it can no longer safely be discussed in Europe, thanks to the extortionate threat of violence and intimidation — specifically, of jihadist terrorism and the Islamist grievance industry that slipstreams behind it. Under a ruling by the so-called European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), free speech has been supplanted by sharia blasphemy standards. The case involves an Austrian woman (identified as “Mrs. S....

International Project on Terrorism dissects 'Global Terrorism Database Study, reaffirms threat of Islamic Jihad in America. SPLC-Touted Terrorism Study Casts a Wide Net to Downplay Islamic Extremism by Benjamin Baird, Special to IPT News , October 26, 2018 Looking to "blow off steam," a pair of teenagers broke into the Ohio Chapel United Methodist Church near Columbus, Ind. last year to steal propane tanks. The vandals turned crosses upside down, smashed windows, and even torched a pew stored in the basement. Non-lethal incidents like church vandalism are a far cry from the bloodshed that occurred in the shadow of the rebuilt World Trade Center on Oct. 31, 2017 , when ISIS-aligned Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov drove a rented pickup truck down a crowded bicycle path , killing eight people and wounding 12. Yet, a Quartz report published Sept. 11 reviewing terrorist attacks in 2017 compares numerous low-level acts of vandalism to less frequent — but far more lethal — ji...

"If Christian minorities living under Islamic authority have little choice but to speak well of their 'coexistence' with Islam, why are Western leaders, politicians, and talking heads of all varieties—who are not under Islamic authority—also behaving like cowed dhimmis?" Raymond Ibrahim applies his penetrating insights into the historical continuity of Islamic persecution of Christians to the tragic case of the Coptic Pope Tawadros II's recent remarks. It should be noted that Orthodox Christian patriarchs and bishops subjugated under Muslim rule in the Islamic world have also made similar such statements, and some have even gone much further, to the borders (and beyond?) of outright blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy: His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has written of a “dialogue of loving truth” with Islam, and of Orthodoxy having for centuries “coexisted peacefully” with Islam, and projects the chimera of an “interfaith commitment.....

About one-third to one-half of Muslims (274.0 million - 503.5 million) in Muslim majority countries uphold beliefs and practices that are contrary to many Western values and international human rights. This conclusion is part of my recently published study, " Muslim Beliefs & Practices: A Global Demographic Assessment ."* The surveys used to compile the study were conducted by Pew Research (2008 - 2012) and covered 1.1 billion Muslims---two-thirds of the Muslim world. North America and Western Europe were not included. The study found that though 69% (742 million) of Muslims want to live under sharia, those who support the harsh "hudud" punishments (stoning for adultery, amputation for theft, death for apostasy, etc.) ranged from 35% - 45%. Since these punishments are derived directly from the Quran, hadith, and sunna, support for them undoubtedly comes from Muslims who promote the traditional interpretation of those texts. This group, consisting of 41% (369...