by Daniel Pipes National Review Online January 19, 2010 Who is the most important European alive today? I nominate the Dutch politician Geert Wilders. I do so because he is best placed to deal with the Islamic challenge facing the continent. He has the potential to emerge as a world-historical figure. That Islamic challenge consists […]
The German engineering corporation Siemens will no longer conduct business with Iran. The major firm announced its decision at its annual shareholders meeting Tuesday. The announcement came shortly after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a news conference in Berlin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that she was seriously considering tougher sanctions on the […]
by Janet Doerflinger American Thinker January 12, 2010 In his recent book, Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus, Yale political scientist Andrew F. March argues that fears of an inherent conflict between Western and Islamic political norms are overblown. If true, this would be very good news. Such “overlapping consensus” could […]
by David J. Rusin • Jan 13, 2010 at 11:14 am To ban or not to ban? That is the question being asked across the West regarding Islamic veils that cover the face. One of the more active fronts of this battle: college and university campuses. Daniel Pipes recently broke the news that a dean […]
by David J. Rusin • Dec 30, 2009 at 11:27 am The British government’s history of employing Islamists and placing them in sensitive positions, the subject of the previous IW blog post, is only part of the problem. Equally troubling is the record of UK bureaucrats sending money to Islamists in the form of grants. […]
The European Union’s new foreign policy chief criticized Israel in her first speech. Catherine Ashton, who earlier this month replaced Javier Solana as high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, on Tuesday condemned Israel’s “occupation,” demanded that Israel lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip and blasted the security fence. “East Jerusalem is occupied […]
by Daniel Pipes Jerusalem Post December 9, 2009 What importance has the recent Swiss referendum to ban the building of minarets (spires next to mosques from which the call to prayer is issued)? Some may see the 57.5 to 42.5 percent decision endorsing a constitutional amendment as nearly meaningless. The political establishment being overwhelmingly opposed […]
The European Union is set to officially call for Jerusalem to be divided and serve as the capitals of both Israel and Palestine. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz said the declaration will take place next week, according to a draft document authored by Sweden obtained by the newspaper. Sweden serves as president of the European Union, […]
by Daniel Pipes November 30, 2009 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner Zurich’s main train station had many posters in favor of the minaret ban. Credit: Arnd Wiegmann On one level, the vote to ban minarets in Switzerland is a triviality. The constitutional amendment does not ban mosques, it does not pull down the […]
