My Peace Plan: An Israeli Victory

by Daniel Pipes National Post April 29, 2010 [DP note: The title is slightly changed]   This month, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak declared that Israel must withdraw from Palestinian territories. “The world isn’t willing to accept — and we won’t change that in 2010 — the expectation that Israel will rule another people for decades […]

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Caution: Threat to Jews on CA Campus

Two University of California professors warn that Jewish students face greater dangers as Muslim extremist organizations grow in campus influence. In an article on AmericanThinker.com, Leila Beckwith and Tammi Rossman-Benjamin – Professor Emeritus at the UCLA and Lecturer at the University of California Santa Cruz, respectively – write of the growth of Al-Awda, the presence […]

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In Europe, Remorse Has Turned to Masochism

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online April 27, 2010 “Nothing is more Western than hatred of the West.” So writes the French novelist and essayist Pascal Bruckner in his book La tyrannie de la pénitence (2006), capably translated into English by Steven Rendall and recently published by Princeton University Press as The Tyranny of Guilt: […]

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An Islamist in Professor’s Garb: Tariq Ramadan Returns to America

by Brendan Goldman American Thinker April 15, 2010 A capacity crowd of 860 students, professionals, hijab-clad women, and others filled Cooper Union’s Great Hall on Thursday, April 8, to hear Tariq Ramadan deliver his first public address in the U.S. since the Bush administration revoked his visa in 2004. The controversial Swiss Muslim, who teaches […]

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RADICAL ISLAMIC SCHOOLS THRIVE THROUGHOUT THE USA

By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. Turkish Muslims, under the leadership of Fethullah Gulen, have established over 85 madrassahs (Islamic schools) throughout the United States to further the cause of radical Islam. The madrassahs, set up as “charter schools,” receive millions from U.S. taxpayers and serve to promote “education jihad” by radicalizing students to promote a […]

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El-Bareidi: ‘Israel Knows Only Violence’

The former head of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, expressed support on Tuesday for Palestinian Authority violence against Israel. In a published report, The 68-year-old ElBaradei said the “resistance” was the only path open to PA Arabs because “the Israeli occupation only understands the language of violence.” ElBaradei, who recently […]

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Obama & American Muslims: How Different?

by Daniel Pipes April 19, 2010 Cross-posted from National Review Online The New York Times ran a story today, “White House Quietly Courts Muslims in U.S.,” that contrasts the Obama and George W. Bush administration records with regard to American Muslims. The reporter, Andrea Elliott, sums up her argument with a quote from James Zogby […]

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Israel Denies Turkish Arms Request

Israel has declined a request by Turkey to purchase several different military systems, including an anti-tank guided weapon and a missile system for its navy. The request by the Turkish government was rejected by Israel’s SIBAT, the defense assistance and export organization, which is currently reviewing each order on a case-by-case basis. Turkey said it […]

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