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"Grovelling With Gadhafi "

March 11, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"President Obama's world apology tour is now the stuff of legend, but even his worst critics probably didn't expect this week's footnote involving Libya's Moammar Gadhafi."

"Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks installs panic room and booby-trapped art"

March 11, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"A Swedish cartoonist whose controversial image of the Prophet Muhammad led to a series of death threats said today that he had secured his property with a homemade panic room and booby-trapped artwork. The latest threat to Lars Vilks emerged yesterday when seven people were arrested in Ireland accused of plotting to kill the 63-year-old artist."

"Muslim anger rises in Britain: A portrait of extremism from a prominent 'moderate'"

March 9, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Consider the following remarks from one of Britain’s leading 'moderate' Muslim journalists, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, writing about Israeli actions in Gaza: . . . "

"UK Muslim Leader: Islam Not a Religion of Peace"

March 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

From a London Muslim Cleric: "'You can't say that Islam is a religion of peace,' Choudary told CBN News. 'Because Islam does not mean peace. Islam means submission. So the Muslim is one who submits. There is a place for violence in Islam. There is a place for jihad in Islam.'"

"Muslim leader's edict decries terrorism"

March 3, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The leader of a global Muslim movement Tuesday issued a rare religious edict condemning terrorism and denouncing suicide bombers as 'heroes of hellfire' in an effort to help prevent the radicalization of young British Muslims."

"Muslim Scholar's Fatwa Condemns Al-Qaida"

March 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"LONDON --- A leading Muslim scholar with a large following in Britain Tuesday issued a fatwa --- or Islamic religious ruling --- condemning global terrorism and suicide bombings in a 'direct challenge to al-Qaida's violent ideology.'"

"Crisis in Turkey"

March 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The weeks ahead will probably indicate whether the country will continue its slide toward Islamism or revert to its traditional secularism. The denouement has major implications for Muslims everywhere."

"‘Descendants of Mohammed’ Confront Newspapers Over Cartoons, Demanding Apologies and Eyeing Lawsuits"

March 2, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"After securing an apology from one Danish newspaper for publishing a cartoon satirizing Mohammed, a Saudi lawyer now plans to confront another 15 newspapers, filing lawsuits against them if necessary."

"How to Stifle Speech"

February 25, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"Lessons from the Netherlands, the University of California, and Yale."

"We are accepting government prohibitions on the thoughts we may express, we are allowing extremists to shout us down and shut us up, and we are self-censoring out of fear or faux-sensitivity. A few examples? Start with the Dutch government’s prosecution of Geert Wilders . . . ."

"Muslims Exempt from Death Penalty in U.S.? "

February 25, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"[T]here was another in the growing number of Islamic honor killings in the United States . . . . Faleh Almaleki was charged with first-degree murder . . . . [P]rosecutors announced this week that he will not face the death penalty – it wouldn’t be multicultural."

"Turkish court charges 7 officers in coup plot"

February 24, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The struggle between the secular Turkish military and the Islamic-oriented government reached new heights Wednesday as a court jailed seven senior officers—including four admirals, an army general and two staff colonels. The officers are charged with plotting several years ago to topple the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. More officers could be charged later Wednesday. "

"Son of Hamas founder spied for Israel for more than a decade"

February 24, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The son of one of Hamas’s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist suicide bombers from finding their targets . . . . Mr Yousef, a 32-year-old convert to Christianity who now lives in California, has revealed the intrigues of his years as a spy in a new book called Son of Hamas . . . ."

"Israel is still America's strongest Mideast ally"

February 24, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"[B]y ignoring the great achievements of Jewish culture and their impact on modern civilization, Obama is sending a message to the world that his presidential responsibilities do not include defending Israel from attacks directed at it. Read more »

"What Do Muslim Nations Think about Terrorists?"

February 23, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

Pew reports on an actual study on attitudes toward terrorism in the Arab world with some good news and bad news. We should adjust our foreign policy accordingly. "[U]ntil high-level diplomats such as Ms. Clinton and George Mitchell acknowledge that the populations of 'friendly' Arab nations are in fact inimical to peace, they will continue to place pressure in all the wrong places."

"The Railroading of Geert Wilders"

February 9, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The Stalinist-show-trial aspect of the Geert Wilders 'hate speech' trial in the Netherlands was thrown into sharp relief last week when the Amsterdam District Court refused to allow Wilders to call fifteen of the eighteen witnesses he had hoped to bring forward in his defense. Wilders in response was characteristically direct: 'This Court is not interested in the truth. This Court doesn’t want me to have a fair trial. I can’t have any respect for this. Read more »

"Western Civilization on Trial"

February 8, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

As the Geert Wilders case goes into pre-trial, National Review Online asked our experts: Is there any legitimate reason he’s in court? What are the implications of such a trial being held, nevermind its outcome?

"A Non-Violent Jihadi is Still a Jihadi"

February 8, 2010 by Richard E. Coleson

"The British media is reporting that a teacher in the London School of Economics’ government department is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an extremist group seeking to internally overthrow democracy and capitalism and replace it with Sharia Law. Unfortunately, the violence of groups like Al-Qaeda has caused HUT and groups like it to look less extreme by comparison and so they are not receiving the attention they deserve."

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