It is with a heart full of gladness that I wish a happy birthday to the America that I love. I had been worried for a while there, that the America that my  father  and maternal grandmother had both come to, fleeing Cossacks and Nazis, as so many other millions of other immigrants had...
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From the wonderful Counterterrorism Blog, and one of last years Speaker of the Truth award winner Walid Phares’ analysis of the most recent audio tape allegedly from Osama Bin Laden. It is notable because it represents a shift in strategy, with a new focus on Israel, and the “Israel lobby.” I’ll let Walid explain:...
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Daniel Pipes on the difference between Shariah law, and other religious law (particularly Jewish Halakha): Those of us who argue against Shariah are sometimes asked why Islamic law poses a problem when modern Western societies long ago accommodated Halakha, or Jewish law. In fact, this was one of the main talking points of those...
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EMET’s Speaker of the Truth for 2009 Walid Phares posts on the Counter-Terrorism Blog today about Taqiyya and the North Carolina Jihadists recently arrested. He makes some excellent points regarding the homegrown jihad. Two key issues raised by Phares need to be highlighted: On 9/11, these jihadists were between the age of 10 and...
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Investigative Project on Terrorism has the details: Buford George Peterson is charged with making false statements on a Small Business Administration loan application to hide the fact that a Specially Designated Global Terrorist held a substantial stake in Ptech. The Quincy, Mass.-based company made computer software for management systems. Among Ptech’s customers were the...
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From Pamela at Atlas Shrugs comes excellent coverage of the Islamic Saudi Academy expansion hearing which was held last night. You can find a full video coverage at her website.
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Legal Project Brooke Goldestein on the Litigation Jihad: The United Nations recently passed resolutions that would make “defaming” Islam a globally criminal act. The United Kingdom first refused entry to Geert Wilders, a sitting European Parliament member and Islamist critic, and now has issued a list banning 16 other individuals, which includes some banned...
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Good to hear! The Jerusalem Post (h/t Jihad Watch) is reporting that European Rabbis are preparing to boycott an Interfaith conference that will be attended by Brotherhood linked groups: Europe’s umbrella Orthodox rabbinic organization boycotted a Brussels interfaith conference hosted on Monday by EU institutions, in protest of the inclusion of groups they say...
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