From the AP SANAA, Yemen – A U.S. drone strike Monday aiming for an al-Qaida leader has killed five militants in the country’s south as part of a Yemeni offensive against the Islamist group, Yemeni officials said. They said the airstrike targeted Qaid al-Dahab, a local leader of al-Qaida, in a convoy of three […]
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NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL MANDATES ARABIC LANGUAGE STUDIES FOR ALL 2ND THROUGH 5TH GRADERS
From The Blaze PS 368, a public elementary school in Manhattan, New York, has implemented a school-wide mandate that is capturing headlines. Principal Nicky Kram Rosen is requiring all 200 students in grades second through fifth to spend two 45-minute sessions each week learning Arabic. The requirement, which will begin next semester, is intended […]
Turkish pianist accused of insulting Islam
(From the AP) ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a prosecutor has proposed charging an internationally known Turkish pianist and composer with insulting Islamic religious values in comments he made on Twitter. Anadolu Agency said Friday that an Istanbul court will decide whether to accept the proposed indictment against Fazil Say, who […]
Brotherhood man promises Islamic law in Egypt
By Tom Perry (Reuters) – When he joined the race for Egypt’s presidency just five weeks ago, Mohamed Mursi was mocked as the Muslim Brotherhood’s uncharismatic “spare tyre” after its first-choice candidate was disqualified. But the 60-year-old engineer came first in the opening round, according to a Brotherhood tally after most votes were counted, thanks to […]
Professor J. Rufus Fears’ Revealing Analyses on Egypt’s Revolution
Professor J. Rufus Fears, of the University of Oklahoma, gives quite an accurate, and learned, view of revolutionary Egypt: its being taken over by Islamic fundamentalists, and its dark future. Part 1 Part 2 Posted by Theodore Shoebat, author of the book For God or For Tyranny.
Civilization Impossible in an Islamic Egypt
By Theodore Shoebat Marxists in Egypt, like the left in the West, will help pave the way to an Islamic Egypt. It must be remembered that not so long ago it was the Marxists in Egyp, alongside Muslims, who had called for the downfall of Mubarek. Now, Abdel Moneium Abul Fotouh, a politician who is […]
The Failure to Identify the Disease of Islam
By Theodore Shoebat Although the motive for the North Sudanese is the control over the South’s oil, there lies an even deeper motivation: a hatred for Christianity. For those who would disagree, one only needs to point to the recent burning of a church in Khartoum by a Muslim mob just this Sunday. If the […]