April 29, 2013 – 8:50 am
One of the media narratives has been that, somehow, Tamerlan Tsarnaev went from well adjusted citizen to psychotic bomber motivated by, well, the media aren’t quite sure, could have something to do with some obscure religion, but, probably not, due to the failures of his boxing career. His coach says “nope!” (Fox News) The Boston […]
April 25, 2013 – 7:06 am
More importantly, the media narrative that Boston was just some minor event with no links to any wider Muslim extremist movement continues, as witnessed in Fareed Zakaria’s op-ed As we learn more about the brothers Tsarnaev, we are inclined to ask larger questions about their apparent descent into terror. What does it tell us about […]
April 24, 2013 – 7:01 am
Let’s see: both liberals and Islamists became radicalized. Both engage in or attempt to engage in violence (though Islamists typically try and kill lots of people more often for their beliefs). Both like to Blame The United States. And… (Washington Post) The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American […]
April 23, 2013 – 9:08 am
This makes me wonder: are they wondering how bat guano Islamist jihadis could do crazy things, or are they going conspiracy theory (Mother Jones) Dzhokhar and Tamerlan’s motive—or motives—is still unclear (um, no: they were motivated by “religious fervor“, ie, the Religion of Peace.) But that’s not the only unknown. Many of the Tsarnaevs’ actions […]
April 22, 2013 – 8:04 am
Yes, the same lady who thinks your kids aren’t yours, and should be fully handed over to The State (Mediaite) Making the point that the Tsarnaev brothers’ Muslim faith at the moment bears little relevance to the investigation into the brothers’ decision to attack the Boston Marathon last week, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry observed that […]
March 13, 2013 – 7:29 am
In case you missed it, the Council on Islamic-American Relations has been running ads attempting to paint “jihad” as being a positive thing. Some are fighting back by exposing the reality, and this has made some in San Fran unhappy as the campaign uses actual Islamist quotes (CBS SF) A controversy has been re-ignited this […]
January 24, 2013 – 7:14 am
It’s been awhile, but they finally found something to be outraged about. What is it? This (Telegraph) Austria’s Turkish community said the model was based on Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul and that the accompanying figures depicted Asians and Orientals as people with “deceitful and criminal personalities.†The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria released a […]
January 5, 2013 – 8:11 am
Back on December 14th I noted that Hamas linked CAIR was launching a program in Chicago designed to mislead people on what jihad means, with this wonderful quote In contrast, Rehab’s “MyJihad†public-relations campaign portrays jihad as “a concerted and noble effort against injustice, hate, misunderstanding, war, violence, poverty, hunger, abuse or whatever challenge big […]
December 28, 2012 – 4:42 pm
Inconvenient information for the Leftist Palestinian supporters/Israel haters (Daily Caller) Suha Arafat, the wife of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, admitted in a TV interview earlier this month that the Palestinian terror campaign against Israel launched in 2000 was a premeditated act orchestrated by her husband, not a spontaneous “intifada,†or uprising, as many […]
December 26, 2012 – 3:35 pm
Just remember that, according to liberals, Israel is the problem and the terrorist (Jerusalem Post) A senior Hamas leader called on Tuesday for a third intifada and the resumption of suicide bombings against Israel. The demand came in response to the government’s recent decision to approve the construction of hundreds of housing units in east […]
