“Shi’ite Islam, the dominant form of Islam in Iran, also allows for ‘temporary wives.’ This is a provision for men to gain female companionship on a short-term basis. In a temporary marriage, or mut’a, the couple signs a marriage agreement that is ordinary in every respect except that it carries a time limit. One tradition …
Some More Wishful Thinking
“PC watchdogs, both Muslim and non-Muslim, have virtually ruled out any dissent from the idea that Islam is peaceful, benign, and tolerant to a degree that will present no problem whatsoever for Western societies. They depict Islam as akin to Judaism and Christianity and, like them, liable to be ‘hijacked’ (through no fault of its …
The Order of Revelation Matters
“According to this idea, the violent verses of the ninth sura, including the Verse of the Sword (9:5), abrogate the peaceful verses, because they were revealed later in Muhammad’s prophetic career: In fact, most Muslim authorities agree that the ninth sura was the very last section of the Qur’an to be revealed” (Robert Spencer, The …
Which Means That No One Thinks It is Serious Yet
“The West cannot wage ‘war on terror’ while maintaining its dependence on Arab oil, appeasing Islamist aggression around the world, turning a blind eye to the Islamic destruction of peoples who are animists, Hindus and Christians, and allowing mass immigration of Muslims into its own lands. It risks being the star actor of a Greek …
Some Allies
“The Western press has lamentably failed to peer inside the black box of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Short of an extraordinary humiliation, the Washingtonian policymakers will continue to insist that they ‘need’ Saudi Arabia even more than they ‘need’ Pakistan” (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword of the Prophet, pp. 249).
It Is? Things are Better Than I Thought
“The only expanding, local Saudi industry is that of Islamic extremism. In 1966, the vice president of the Islamic University of Medina complained that Copernican theory was being taught at Riyadh University” (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword of the Prophet, pp. 247).
A Grasping Faith
“East Timor was an Islamic jihad against Christian infidels, identical in form and purpose to other tragedies caused by Islam’s insatiable appetite for other people’s lands, property, bodies, and souls” (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword of the Prophet, pp. 215).
Dr. Frankenstani
“The assumption all along has been that the Islamic genie released by Dr. Brzezinski’s ‘excellent idea’ could be controlled through its eventual reduction to yet another humanistic project in self-celebration, through it adherent’s immersion in the consumerist culture, and through their children’s multicultural indoctrination by state education. How well it has worked we can see …
And Some People Think the Religious Right Created the Taliban
“In the event, President Carter secretly authorized $500 million (closer to a billion in today’s money) to help create an international network that would spread Islamism in Central Asia and ‘destabilize’ the Soviet Union. The CIA called this ‘Operation Cyclone,’ and in the following years poured over $4 billion into setting up Islamic training schools …
The Differences Between Riches and Wealth
“According to the World Bank, the total exports of the Arab countries (other than fossil fuels) amount to less than those of Finland, a country of 5 million inhabitants. There are at least 50 Arabs to each Finn” (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword of the Prophet, p. 206).