Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Jihadis?
When I started reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: Why Islam Needs A Reformation Now, I kept…
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What’s Islamophobia, and Do I Have It?
I’m not arguing that Islamophobia is racist, or that Islamophobes are racists, because that’s not quite what’s happening. For one thing, Islamophobes embrace ex-Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and racists wouldn’t (indeed couldn’t) do the same. But consider the similarities: the Islamophobe must assume Muslims suffer some sort of pre-Islamic inferiority, sufficient to explain how some (largely non-white) people—actually, a lot of people—not only fell for Islam in the first place, but then stayed down. How long do enforced ideologies last? Nazism: twelve years. Communism: some decades. Islam: Fourteen centuries and counting.
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Rage or Courage?: YouTube Terrorism Take Two
What is it about rage that pervades so much thinking about Islam? Start by picking up the latest issues of Time and Newsweek—America’s airport reading—and talking to Google.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Lurid Picture of Nigeria’s Muslims in Newsweek
The outspoken ex-Muslim author has taken some liberties with the truth to cobble together a story that paints Islam as a religion of extremism and violence.
Read MoreCPAC Speaker Admires Geert Wilders
On a panel called “The Shari’ah Challenge to the West,” shari’ah myths prevail.
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The Heresies of Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens cannot be accused of being a name-dropper. The names come positively flinging off the pages of his newly-released memoir, Hitch-22, but can he be blamed for befriending some of the most interesting and influential figures of his time, like Salman Rushdie, Edward…
Read MoreThe Muslim Brand of Liberty’s Ergun Caner
His salvation story is one of several the right adapts to brand Islam.
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