Los Angeles Police: Mumbai-Style Attack a ‘Likely Scenario’

LOS ANGELES | Police are using a combination of aggressive spy operations and community outreach to counter what Deputy Police Chief Michael P. Downing called the growing threat of Mumbai-style terrorist attacks — car bombings and small-arms-equipped suicide teams. “The biggest fear I have is just what I don’t know,” Chief Downing, commanding officer of […]

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Trump: World Has a ‘Muslim Problem’

Potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Donald Trump says there “absolutely” is a Muslim problem in the world, and he “couldn’t believe” a mosque is being built near the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Trump also told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly Wednesday night it is important President Barack Obama produce his […]

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Saudi “Day of Rage” Is Subdued Affair

The March 11 “Day of Rage” demonstrations called for by political opponents of the Saudi monarchy did not materialize as anticipated. Turnout for the protests was sparse in the face of warnings from Saudi officials that laws prohibiting public demonstrations would be strictly enforced. On the day of the protest, the government ordered a massive […]

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House Panel to Look at Radicalization of U.S. Muslims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muslims in the America aren’t cooperating enough with law enforcement to counter the radicalization of young followers by al-Qaeda-linked groups, said a House leader on terrorism issues, renewing debate about religion’s role in motivating extremists and what the United States can do without alienating the Islamic world. Rep. Peter T. King, New […]

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My Optimism About Europe

by Daniel Pipes February 8, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner Perhaps alone in the coterie focused on the Islamist threat to Europe, I am cheerful these days. That’s because I see the anti-Islamist reaction growing even more quickly than the Islamist threat itself. The stirring speech by British prime minister David Cameron […]

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Interview with Phyllis Chesler: ‘Israel Under Existential Siege’ from Islam

Israel National News reporter Fern Sidman interviewed op-ed columnist, Dr. Phyllis Chesler, at a first-of-its-kind conference in Toronto organized by Advocates for Civil Liberties and entitled, “When Middle East Politics Invade Campus”. Held on February 16th, the event dealt with the continued and increasingly hostile demonization of Israel, both on the college campus and in […]

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100% Egyptian Muslims want Islam to be Part of Politics

“What if the Problem Really is the People?” A thousand talking heads and neo-conservative experts on the region assure us that a bright future stretches out before Egypt like a magic carpet. “Democracy,” “Freedom”, “Representative Government” are the buzzwords that trickle wetly out of their printers. All cynicism is disdained and skepticism swept into the […]

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Trend: Burn a Koran, Get Arrested

by David J. Rusin  •  Jan 31, 2011 at 1:41 pm Koran burnings by Westerners are rightly frowned upon, but more regrettable is the trend of investigating, arresting, and even prosecuting those who set them aflame. Consider the cases to make the news since a Florida pastor first promised to torch Korans on the anniversary […]

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