Detroit News —Opposition is mounting among Muslims against pending legislation that would ban Michigan courts from considering “foreign laws” — including Sharia, or Islamic law. Muslim and community leaders gathered Tuesday in Midtown to denounce legislation from state Rep. Dave Agema, R-Grandville, as divisive, unnecessary and mean-spirited. “This plan goes against our country’s core values […]
You‘ll never guess who’s now warning about a Muslim Brotherhood influence at the White House. Newt Gingrich? Nope. John Bolton? Not exactly. Instead, it’s Canadian political activist, devout Muslim and self-described liberal Marxist, Tarek Fatah. Surprised? Back in June, Fatah appeared at Ideacity, Canada’s “Premier meeting of the minds” to share his shocking viewpoints on […]
Tensions remain high as the United States moves closer to the 10-year anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The threat of an attack remains real, although the nature of that threat has changed over the course of a decade. President Obama recently remarked on this phenomenon. “The most likely scenario that we have […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times August 16, 2011 The White House engaged in two furtive gambits last week that painfully exposed the Obama administration’s amateurish, deceitful Middle East-Islamic policies. The first case concerned the thorny issue of Jerusalem’s legal status in American law. In 1947, the United Nations ruled the holy city to be […]
A new opinion survey shows that more than half of all Europeans believe there are too many immigrants in their countries and that immigration is having a negative impact on their lives. The findings – which come as Europeans are waking up to the consequences of decades of mass immigration from Muslim countries – point […]
The riots afflicting London and other parts of the UK have made headline news around the world. What has this got to do with coverage of the Middle East however? Often, anti-Israel bias or activism is but one part of an individual’s or even a media outlet’s overall world view or political slant. While reserving […]
Russian security serves have foiled a plot by a group of Islamists to blow up a high-speed train running between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the Kommersant business daily said Monday. A blast on the same route that authorities blamed on Muslim rebels killed 26 people in November 2009. The respected daily said the group of […]
Three Muslims were charged on Friday with trying to sneak a fake bomb past a screening area at a Phoenix airport, in what the FBI describes as a possible test of security. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Arizona also states that the discovery of the suspicious item, which was a candy box […]
What….you are asking? Shariah law in Washington, D.C.? How can that be? Apparently, Qatari petro-dollars talk and the U.S. Constitution walks and no one wants to talk about it much. The following are two articles on CityCenterDC in Washington,D.C.: The first is from the ground-breaking in April, when the Washington Times suddenly discovered the terror-incubating […]
Egypt and Saudi Arabia want to construct a giant bridge to accommodate road and rail traffic across the Gulf of Aqaba, Der Spiegel reports. Egyptian officials say the project, under discussion since 1988, has been approved. Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Essam Sharaf of the ruling junta has reportedly put General Abdul Aziz, chairman of the […]
