Althouse: “Is the 9/11 Mosque a Publicity Stunt?” I entertained the notion that the idea was to propose it in order to stir up the reaction that was, in fact, stirred up. Some Americans would be outraged, including a subgroup…
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The IdjitihadTM rolls on
The HotAirians are greatly impressed with an article by two Canadian Muslims, Tarek Fatah and Raheel Raza, whom Ed Morrissey describes as “Muslim columnists,” and who appoint themselves the representatives of 1.57 billion people, in a sentence that has only…
Posted in Religion Tagged with: Cordoba Initiative, Ground Zero Mosque, Idjitihad, Islam, Islamophobia, Terror
Flamesem and Japesem (The Gates of Conservative Ijtihad Are Closed!)
If a politician mocked the Lord’s Prayer in an attack on sexually abusive Priests, in a manner that insulted all Christians; if a politician sneered at the Kaddish while describing civilian casualties of Israeli military operations, insulting all Jews… The…
Posted in Politics, Religion Tagged with: Allen West, Conservatism, fundamentalism, Islam, Islamophobia, National Review, Tea Party
Conservatives vs Islam – reply to Oceanaris
oceanaris – author of a blog post strongly, even uncharitably criticized in our thread discussion – began his rebuttal via comment as follows: perhaps if one considers the repeated victory chants of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Cairo or…
Posted in History, Politics, Religion, War Tagged with: Fadlallah, Ghazali, Islam, Islamophobia, Mutazalite, Qaradawi, Salafism, Syncretism, War
Either/or vs both/and (JRub strikes again)
If someone wrote and stood by a sentence like this one: Or is it just the Jewish element that has so paralyzed the liberal intelligentsia? …we’d all call for that someone’s head – wouldn’t we? Wouldn’t it be the basis…
Posted in Religion Tagged with: Cordoba House, Dan Senor, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamism, Islamophobia, NeoConservatism, Roger Cohen, Terror
Too late for healing
“To be a Muslim is to support Al Qaeda.” That would be one direct intepretation of “How About a Hirohito Monument at Pearl Harbor?” – the title of Jennifer Rubin’s latest post on our favorite topic. For Rubin, apparently, an…
Posted in Religion Tagged with: Cordoba Initiative, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamism, Islamophobia, Race In America
“Cordoba”: A comment for Karl at HotAir
Karl, “History” via Pajamas Media/Raymond Ibrahim and “history” as the rest of the world knows it are not always the same thing. The famous description of Cordoba as “the brilliant ornament of the world” was applied by a visitor from…
Posted in Books, History, Religion Tagged with: Cordoba Initiative, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, Rauf
Andy-McCarthyism
Andy McCarthy was inspired to put up three posts at The Corner today. Two focused on the usual guilt by association maneuvers and one-sided ideological attacks on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and the, ahem, Lower Manhattan cultural center controversy. We’ve…
Posted in Religion Tagged with: Cordoba House, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, Law & Justice, National Review, Supreme Court
Bleeding Heart Conservatives
This is not an issue of religious tolerance but of common moral sense. To build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks. Sarah Palin likes…
Who “they” is
This ad from the Republican Trust PAC – over 100,000 views on YouTube – has been rejected by NBC and CBS for airing. Note the, um, not especially subtle symbolism used in the “starter” image: Though NBC spokesperson Jennifer Riley…
Posted in Politics, Religion Tagged with: Cordoba House, Cordoba Initiative, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, National Republican Trust PAC, Terror