Islam on Townhall

• Islamology 101 Thu Dec 6
  Cliff May
  Google “Islamist” and you’ll get more than 24 million hits. Google “jihadist” and you’ll get millions more. Yet I bet the average American could not tell you what it is that Islamists and jihadists believe. And those at the highest levels of the U.S. government refuse to do so. ... more
• Dark Shadows Tue Dec 4
  Cal Thomas
  The opening scene-setter for the 1996 film "Independence Day" might serve as a metaphor for what Egyptians could face if a draft constitution written by a panel dominated by Islamists and based on Sharia law wins approval in a referendum: "A loud rumble is heard. Suddenly, we are covered in darkness as the shadow engulfs us. Only the image of our Earth hangs in the air, until a huge silhouetted object suddenly blocks our view." ... more
• Egyptian Christians sentenced to death for Islam film Wed Nov 28
  Reuters News
• Anti-Islamic Filmmaker Sentenced to Year in Prison Thu Nov 8
  Katie Pavlich
• The Collision of Two Runaway Trains Sun Oct 21
  Michael Youssef
  I am currently on an around-the-globe trip, going from the West Coast, to Down Under, Singapore, London, and then home again. From the vantage point of this journey, the one striking and overwhelming image I get is of two runaway trains moving in opposite directions. And yet, in some strange way, they are about to cause a global collision. Let me explain. ... more
• Minnesota Schools Close So Teachers Can Play with Dolls, Learn About Teaching Islam Sat Oct 20
  Kyle Olson
  Each year, Minnesota government schools close for two days (just before the weekend, of course) so teachers’ union members can gather at a conference organized by their union. ... more
• Iraq: The shield of Shiite Islam Sat Oct 20
  Night Watch
  Accelerated delivery of F-16s is not a short term solution. In the long run, however, they will help make Iraq the shield of Shiite Islam and the buffer for Iran. ... more
• The Silence of American Feminists is Deafening Wed Oct 17
  Ken Connor
  Unless you've been living under the rock for the past month or so, you've probably noticed that campaign season has kicked into overdrive. One of the critical voting blocks being targeted by Democrats are women. ... more
• Administration Welcomed Wolves Into The Sheepfold Fri Oct 12
  Diana West
  Imagine, pre-9/11/12, that you were responsible for arranging the defense of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Would you have considered American interests and personnel best protected by bringing in a local security outfit called the February 17 Martyrs Brigade? ... more
• The World's Most Dynamic Religion Is ... Tue Oct 2
  Dennis Prager
  For at least the last hundred years, the world's most dynamic religion has been neither Christianity nor Islam. It is leftism. ... more
• Who Needs Reform Most: Egypt or America? Thu Sep 27
  Cal Thomas
  Prior to leaving Egypt for the United Nations General Assembly, Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi told The New York Times the United States needs to "fundamentally change" its approach to the Arab world. That includes, he said, showing greater respect for Arab values, as well as helping to build a Palestinian state. ... more
• Obama's Dangerous Equivalency: "Intolerance Is Itself a Form of Violence" Wed Sep 26
  Guy Benson
• Can the Islamic Faith Tolerate Criticism? Wed Sep 26
  Ken Connor
  The violent response to an anti-Muslim movie has cast the subject of religious tolerance into the limelight. Is Islam a religion that can tolerate criticism? Can Muslims bear up gracefully when their religion is insulted? As I wrote last week, when it comes to Islam as practiced and understood in much of the Middle East, the short answer to these questions appears to be "no." ... more
• The Insane Stream Media Hates Gracious Christianity and Loves Violent Islam Sun Sep 23
  Doug Giles
  Man, don’t cha love how the Insane Stream Media and their soft-brain disciples make Christians out to be fish-stickered, bug-eyed equals to incensed Islam? If you were to accept what the White House, some atheists and prattling gay activists say about Christians as true, you’d think the Church is chomping at the bit to chop off some heads of unbelievers, glory to Gawd! ... more
• Obama's Dangerous Consistency Sat Sep 22
  Caroline Glick
  On Tuesday, Egypt's chief prosecutor issued arrest warrants against eight US citizens. Their purported crimes relate either to their reported involvement in the production of the Internet movie critical of Islam that has received so much attention over the past 10 days, or to other alleged anti-Islamic activities. One of the US citizens indicted is a woman who converted from Islam to Christianity. ... more
• Barack Obama’s “Truman Show” Presidency Fri Sep 21
  David Malcolm
  In the film “The Truman Show,” actor Jim Carrey played lovable simpleton Truman Burbank who, unbeknownst to him, lived his entire life trapped in a television show. His wife, co-workers and friends were all actors, his entire world a finely constructed stage. ... more
• Free Speech at Risk as U.S. Synchronizes With Islam Fri Sep 21
  Diana West
  What's wrong with the following Associated Press headline? "Charlie Hebdo cartoon spurs French gov't to order embassies, schools to close." ... more
• Germany postpones posters aimed at countering radical Islam Thu Sep 20
  Reuters News
• Can 'Innocence of Muslims' Trailer Really be that Potent? Wed Sep 19
  Jonah Goldberg
  The Obama administration's omnibus answer to why the Middle East (and now much of the Muslim world) is in near open rebellion against the United States: The video did it. The follow-up question no one seems to be asking is: "What if the administration's explanation is true?" ... more
• Illusions Exposed: Islamic Turmoil Shows Nice Words Won't Heal Old Conflicts Wed Sep 19
  Michael Medved
  The explosion of anti-American unrest in the Islamic world will damage the Obama campaign in its drive for reelection for two reasons. ... more
• War Through Weakness Tue Sep 18
  Cal Thomas
  "How could this happen?" asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others. ... more
• Video or Bust Tue Sep 18
  David Limbaugh
  How can an administration that believes that Islamists need a reason to attack us apart from their default hatred of infidels conduct a coherent foreign policy? ... more
• The Irreconcilable Conflict Tue Sep 18
  Pat Buchanan
  Perhaps we should inspect more closely our irreconcilable conflict -- what Harvard's Michael Ignatieff calls "the fatal dialectic between Islamic rage and Western free speech." Consider first American values, as seen from an ACLU point of view. ... more
• Anger for Islam ties players behind prophet film Sat Sep 15
  AP News
• Even After Deadly Attack, U.S. Kowtows to Islam Fri Sep 14
  Diana West
  Two historic attacks on U.S. territory marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and what happened? The Obama administration surrendered our constitutional principles. The first was a "blasphemy" riot that breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, whereupon thugs burned the American flag and hoisted in its place the traditional black flag of Islam that flies over al-Qaida and other jihad movements. ... more
• Anti-Muslim film promoter outspoken on Islam Thu Sep 13
  AP News

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