Bookworm on Feb 18 2011 | Filed under: Islam, Muslim violence
I’m reading a thriller written in 1987. The bad guys are Soviet spies. They’re really bad. That was par for the course with Cold War thrillers. H0w many thrillers can you name now that have radical Islamists as the bad guys? I know there are a handful, but usually the bad guys are either (a) [...]
Bookworm on Feb 17 2011 | Filed under: Muslim violence
One of the front line fighters in the war against the radical Islam is the Jawa Report. One of the ways in which the bloggers there are able to keep the information flowing is to hide their identities from the jihadists who have a pattern and practice of beheading those with whom they disagree. Right [...]
Bookworm on Feb 16 2011 | Filed under: Islam, Muslim violence, Women
Your matched set for today: Andy McCarthy writes about the elephant in the liberal living room; namely, Islamic attitudes towards rape: Women are almost always asking for it, especially Western women, and, once having forced an innocent man to give in to his base animal nature, they deserve to be beaten, arguably to death. That [...]
Bookworm on Feb 15 2011 | Filed under: Islam, Muslim violence
Robert Avrech, at Seraphic Secret, nails the dirty secret underlying all the “democracy” revolutions in the Muslim world. They’re not about individual freedom. They’re about Jew hatred. I saw another link that made precisely the same point and, as soon as (or, rather, if) I track it down, I’ll update this post.
Bookworm on Feb 14 2011 | Filed under: Christians, Military, Muslim violence
I keep getting called away by real life, so let me quickly apprise you of two posts I think you’d enjoy. The first is at Wolf Howling. WH is inaugurating a series examining 15 battles that were turning points in history. His first post is about the Battle of Chipyong-ni, Feb. 13-15, 1951. If you [...]
Bookworm on Feb 02 2011 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Egypt, Islam, Jihad, Muslim violence
When I read that the Obama administration is good with having the Muslim Brotherhood on board in Egypt, because it’s really not such a bad organization, I keep thinking of 1930′s rationalizations about Mussolini: He made the trains run on time. Surely our standards of decency are higher than that? Uh, no. I guess not. [...]
Bookworm on Jan 29 2011 | Filed under: Europe, Free speech, Islam, Jihad, Muslim violence
The Enlightenment was born in Europe and, clearly, will die there too: Hat tip: Small Dead Animals
Bookworm on Jan 27 2011 | Filed under: Muslim violence
Assuming that this is the 1848 of the Middle East, with Tunisia having lit the spark that causes revolution throughout Muslim countries, do you believe that (a) the revolutions will result in greater freedom in the Middle East or (b) the revolutions will advance the rise of even more radical, oppressive Islam controlling countries in [...]
Bookworm on Jan 14 2011 | Filed under: Muslim violence
Ed Morrissey writes about yet another homegrown jihadist, this one in Pennsylvania. The only thing that distinguishes this story about a man who wants to use his Islamic faith as a reason to commit mass murder is the defense his family is mounting: the 21-year old has Asperger’s, they say. I know a lot of [...]
Bookworm on Jan 07 2011 | Filed under: Britain, England, Islam, Muslim violence, Sex
Thirty years ago, I went to England through my university’s junior year abroad program. Although I had visions of walking across Cambridge’s or Oxford’s sun-dappled lawns, I actually ended up in the north of England. My disappointment swiftly turned to pleasure when I discovered that the north of England was much more “English” than the [...]
Bookworm on Dec 19 2010 | Filed under: Muslim violence, Palestinians
YouTube decided to shut down the Palestinian Media Watch (“PMW”) account, because it shows heinous and disgusting videos. The problem with YouTube’s decision is that PMW doesn’t create these heinous and disgusting videos. Instead, they are products of the Palestinian media, and PMW makes them available so that Americans can see their tax dollars at [...]
Bookworm on Dec 16 2010 | Filed under: Muslim violence
I have long been under the impression, thanks to Fjordman, that Muslim men see Swedish women as rape-worthy (see this or this, for example). I wonder if that fact doesn’t explain some of the high rape numbers in Sweden, while Sweden’s political correctness and fear of offending Muslims could account, in part, for the low [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2010 | Filed under: Europe, Islam, Muslim violence, Turkey
An Austrian MP has finally had enough of the way the Turkish government complains about the treatment Turks receive in Austria. I have no idea what kind of treatment Turks receive in Austria, although if it’s like the rest of Europe, they get welfare, and they do not integrate, both because the welfare keeps them [...]
Bookworm on Nov 18 2010 | Filed under: Muslim violence, National Security
Ace asks a question that needs to be asked, which is whether conservatives are overreacting to the TSA’s new search techniques (naked scans and intimate searches): This has been bothering me. On one hand I’m inclined to just not like invasive pat-downs and naked body scans. On the other hand, I can’t help but think [...]
Bookworm on Nov 15 2010 | Filed under: Muslim violence, National Security
Sometimes, a reader leaves a comment that is too good not to elevate to post status. This time, it was Spartacus, writing in response to my question about real ways (not stupid, embarrassing, intrusive ways) to improve airport security: *** A childhood friend of mine got married in the Tel Aviv area in 2002. By [...]
Bookworm on Nov 14 2010 | Filed under: Muslim violence, National Security
Over at RedState, there is a post that succinctly sums up the three choices currently facing people who plan to travel to a faraway destination: Door #1: Have nude pictures of yourself beamed to some video monitor to be viewed by a total stranger where it may or may not be stored; or, Door #2: [...]
Bookworm on Nov 13 2010 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Britain, England, Islam, Israel, Muslim violence
Yes, you read that post caption correctly. British Liberal Democrat Jenny Tonge, in a speech in the House of Lords, claims that terrorism around the world is Israel’s fault, because Israel treats the Palestinian’s badly: On the issue of world conflict prevention, Tonge then said: “It is a disgrace to us all that problems such [...]
Bookworm on Nov 12 2010 | Filed under: Muslim violence
There is a new website out there called Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things. It shows pictures of Muslims in clothes other than those associated with Sharia law. The person who started the website did so for a very specific reason: Former NPR analyst Juan Williams, among other ignorant people, has an irrational fear of Muslims, [...]
Bookworm on Nov 05 2010 | Filed under: Islam, Muslim violence
The word “assassin” comes from the name “Hassan.” Per the writings of Marco Polo, in the 11th century, al-Hassan ibn-al-Sabbah gathered around him a private army. One story was that he fed his followers hashish to bring them in line, but others dispute that claim. What is known, though, is that he used his army [...]
Bookworm on Nov 01 2010 | Filed under: Christians, Crime and punishment, Immigration, Iraq, Islam, Muslim violence
I was very surprised to see an AP wire story reporting that Islamic militants (as opposed to mere “militants” or “insurgents”) were holding “Christians” (as opposed to mere “people”) hostage. Even more surprising, the AP reported that the Islamic militants were probably affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq, an entity one apparently couldn’t acknowledge during [...]
Bookworm on Oct 27 2010 | Filed under: GBLT, Homosexuality, Islam, Muslim violence
I’m beginning to get a good sense of the requirements for a writing gig at the New York Times. Their editorial and employment departments carefully cull all comers for two main traits: an IQ that doesn’t exceed the double digits, and a complete lack of common sense and logic. Walk into the door with those, [...]
Bookworm on Oct 15 2010 | Filed under: Islam, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence, Race
Clifford May wrote a very interesting article pointing out that modern liberalism means giving a complete pass to utterly offensive behavior — provided that the behavior is practiced by non-Western people: What do you think about the niqab — sometimes also called a burqa — the veil that leaves only the eyes of a woman [...]
Bookworm on Oct 01 2010 | Filed under: Jihad, Muslim violence
Working on deadline, so I can’t blog right now. (Anyway, I couldn’t say anything better than Danny did, in the post immediately preceding this one.) I did, however, want to bring two posts to your attention, ’cause I think you’ll find them interesting. The first is the Rosh Hashanah sermon from Rabbi Shal0m Lewis in [...]
Bookworm on Sep 19 2010 | Filed under: Islam, Jihad, Leftist morality, Media matters, Muslim violence
I admit it — I didn’t read the whole thing, because the obscene relativism permeating Nicholas Kristof’s first couple of paragraphs so disgusted me, my brain shut down. Anyway, because of fair use concerns, I don’t want to quote more than the first two paragraphs, which more than adequately make my point: Many Americans have [...]
Bookworm on Sep 16 2010 | Filed under: Islam, Jihad, Leftist morality, Liberal Fascism, Muslim violence
On my personal Facebook account, I linked to a report about the cartoonist who suggested “Everyone Draw Mohammed” day. It turns out that this little moment of satire occasioned death threats so serious that she has now been forced into a life of hiding: An American cartoonist whose satirical work inspired the controversial “Everybody Draw [...]
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