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[Editor’s Note: Yamin Zakaria is a London-based political Islamist. This publication does not subscribe to the views of Mr. Zakaria. Indeed, as with the present essay, many of these arguments deserve our quick and vigorous condemnation. But, it is also our opinion that Mr. Zakaria's views are representative of many radicalized Islamists in the... »

In the 13th century, Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, led the brutal Mongol invasion of Baghdad, turning the river Euphrates and Tigris red with blood of men, women and children. To instil fear and humiliation, the invaders made pyramids with the human skulls of the victims. For the same reasons, the neo-Mongols... »

All gentile children are animals. (Yebamoth 98a) When a Jew murders a gentile, there will be no death penalty. What a Jew steals from a gentile he may keep. (Sanhedrin 57a) Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg declared, “We have to recognize that Jewish blood and the blood of a goy is not the same thing.” (NY Times,... »

One of the defining and a peculiar characteristic of a secular society is the absolute denunciation of any form of relationship between the use of force and religion, no matter how tenuous the link. Yet, organised violence inflicted by secular states; the West in particular is tolerated, justified and often encouraged. A potent example... »

Once again, another prominent evangelical preacher, Ted Haggard, has been caught with his pants down, for receiving ‘massages’ from a homosexual prostitute, as well as buying hard drugs through him. Ted Haggard denied having sex with the male prostitute, which sounds just as credible as Bill Clinton’s denial of entering Monica Lewinsky. What is... »

“The (Iraqi) boys were sodomized (in Abu Ghraib) with the cameras rolling. And the worst above all of that is the soundtrack of the boys shrieking that your government has. They are in total terror.” (Seymour Hersh) “If avenging the killing of our people is terrorism, let history be a witness that we are terrorists”.... »

Just look at the contrast – recently the former foreign secretary, Jack Straw, demanded that Muslim women should remove the veil, whilst preaching freedom to them. In contrast, the Imam in Australia, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilal pointed out the consequences for society, when women dress provocatively. This is usually done... »

Any impartial observer can distinguish between crass insults, and scholarly criticisms of Islam. Insults are usually self-evident, conveyed using pejorative terms that are intended to denigrate and mock. Such crude language is inappropriate for the mainstream media and the government, as they have the burden of keeping their mask of civilisation from slipping. So,... »

 “But with all the caveats, yes I would rather (women did not wear full veils).” Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary. The fundamental reason given by Jack Straw for his controversial comment on the Islamic veil (Niqab), which cover the face is that: it constitutes a “visible statement of separateness” that is “a barrier to... »

Using the terms “jihad” and “holy war”, the Pope said: “violence was incompatible with the nature of God”,... »