As mentioned in the previous post, Sheikh Jaafar Sheikh Idris has authored a succint reply to Pope Benedict that addresses some of the major themes in his speech. On Sept 12, 2006, Pope Benedict XIV, delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg. The lecture was in German but was later translated into English by...
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Gwyneth Paltrow, beaded and adorned in clothing Africanus, looks out at us breathtakingly in the way only superstars can. It’s that sultry “bite me, you’re not this hot and successful yet still humble” look. Said look is usually accompanied by an artificial breeze. “I am African”, declares a wind-swept Gwyneth, looking more Gucci than Ghana....
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Tariq Nelson links to Steven Sailer’s well-known Muslim “buyout plan” and invites some comment. For those that don’t know, here’s the shorter version of the plan: Sailer argues that, given the situation in Europe, it makes more sense for European nations to offer their expanding and increasingly disenfranchised Muslim minority money to repatriate themselves. In...
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Roger Howard has an interesting piece over at the Social Affairs Unit. He writes of meeting the leaders of al-Muhajiroun in June 2001 and his conclusion that far from being interested in martyrdom, Omar Bakri and his crew were more interested in celebrity. Far from telling me stories of suffering or of the Prophet Mohammed,...
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