The New American has an interesting article on state sponsorship of terror.  Amongst the interesting points is this mention of the so-called Andropov Paradigm: Although Hafez al-Assad’s Baathist regime in Syria had a nine-year head start in the Soviet-sponsored terror business, Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Republic of Iran would soon eclipse him. The overthrow of Shah...Read More

There has been a lot of discussion for some time around Australian cricketer Michael Clarke’s Arabic-language tattoo. Abu Eesa explains what it means: After looking at a few pictures it is clear that both lines say: ألم الإنضباط هو شيء مثل الألم من خيبة الأمل This can be translated as: The pain of discipline is...Read More

Over at  conservative website Town Hall, Anne Fortenberry offers a “Christian perspective” on Ramadan.  Note the passive aggressive tone as she writes about her “Muslim friends” and the gratuitous photo to the left of the main body of text.Read More

Pastor Danny Nailiah of Catch the Fire Ministries and his wacky predictions are a favourite of this site.  He most recently appeared in the media for claiming to have predicted the bushfires in Victoria after receiving a: a flash from the Spirit of God: that His conditional protection has been removed from the nation of...Read More