Copyright 2010 Islamist Watch Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:19:49 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Islamist Watch :: Writings http://www.islamist-watch.org rusin@meforum.org (Islamist Watch) webmaster@meforum.org en-us http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/08/media-cite-professor-bagby-not-cair-bigshot-bagby Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:54:08 EST Would any journalist portray a BP board member, even one who also holds an academic job, as a dispassionate observer of oil and reprint his industry-aligned remarks without noting his corporate affiliation? Not likely. So why should it be acceptable for http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/08/professor-prothero-meet-the-burqa-bandits Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST In a piece for USA Today on August 2, Stephen Prothero, a Boston University professor and CNN blogger, laments the burqa bans being debated in Europe and mocks those who harbor concerns — hilariously unfounded in his view — about the "possibility of http://www.islamist-watch.org/4804/fake-hate-crimes-an-islamist-weapon Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST Over the recent Fourth of July weekend, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) interviewed attendees of the 47th annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention about their experiences in dealing with "Islamophobia." Shortly http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/08/the-ground-zero-mosque-counterproductive-to Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:17:00 EST Raymond Ibrahim recently published a thoughtful piece asserting that Cordoba House / Park51, the planned Islamic center near Ground Zero, will be counterproductive to Islamists by bringing unwanted notice to them and their goals. Even now, he argues, http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/08/cair-becomes-a-political-hot-potato Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:31:00 EST In a saner world, the terrorist ties and Islamist agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) would render it politically untouchable, with candidates for office shunning the organization and chastising those rare opponents who back it. http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/07/ramadan-controversies-start-early Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:35:00 EST The new moon that signals the dawn of Ramadan remains a week and a half away, but wrangling over accommodations during the Islamic holy month is already in full swing. First, the city council of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, has offered http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/07/pandering-to-muslims-at-taxpayer-expense Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:47:00 EST Western governments may be swimming in red ink, but there has been no slowdown in public resources being devoted to placating Muslims and conducting comical exercises in multicultural outreach. A few recent lowlights spanning three countries:Netherlands. http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/07/self-censorship-et-tu-penn-jillette Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:04:00 EST The path to self-censorship now runs through Las Vegas. Last month, a magazine named Penn Jillette — half of Penn and Teller, the duo known for their hybrid magic-comedy act and their sacred-cow-goring TV series — as the celeb who most personifies that http://www.islamist-watch.org/4404/muslim-enclaves-usa Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST It seems almost unthinkable, but Islamist groups are, as we speak, hard at work creating Muslim states-within-states in the U.S. Indeed, this process has been unfolding for a long time across the Western world, through the creation of isolated Muslim http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/06/the-european-june-riots-stonings-and-brawls Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:02:00 EST Islamists' long march through the West involves three interlocking campaigns, each of which can be advanced violently or nonviolently: provoking conflicts with authorities (governments, courts, police, etc.), intimidating the non-Muslim public, and http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/06/islamic-dress-and-no-win-situations Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:24:00 EST Accommodation of Islamic norms must be weighed against the cost. On the societal level, granting Muslims special privileges comes at the price of not just equality, but also cultural integrity. The tradeoffs can be more personal and immediate on smaller http://www.islamist-watch.org/4177/torontos-love-of-diversity-is-tested-by-islamists Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST Toronto's motto is "Diversity Our Strength." According to the city's official website, it is where "more than 150 languages are spoken daily and where 50 percent of [its 2.7 million] residents are born outside of Canada." When multiculturalism was http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/06/virgin-mary-gets-dragged-into-the-burqa-fray Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:46:00 EST With efforts to outlaw face-covering attire now gathering speed across the West, some Muslims have begun grasping at straws. Their desperation is reflected in the cynical attempt to turn Mary, the mother of Jesus, into a poster girl for the pro-burqa http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/05/here-come-the-burqa-bans Mon, 31 May 2010 22:03:00 EST Call it the fashion trend of the year. Westerners are sick and tired of burqas and niqabs — the face-covering veils worn by a minority of Muslim women — and they are not going to take it anymore. Most remarkable of all, many politicians appear to be http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2010/05/cordoba-house-backer-feisal-abdul-rauf-loves Fri, 28 May 2010 09:40:00 EST Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind Cordoba House, the giant mosque and Islamic cultural center planned just two blocks from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, speaks of tolerance. Yet he promotes one of the most intolerant sociopolitical systems on the