Islam on Townhall

• Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam Tue May 14
  Reuters News
• Insight: France struggles to fight radical Islam in its jails Tue May 7
  Reuters News
• Holder Warns: Don't Discrimminate Against Muslims After Boston Mon Apr 29
  Katie Pavlich
• 7 Things Every Moderate Muslim Should Believe Sat Apr 27
  John Hawkins
  Before 9/11, most Americans looked at Islam as no different than any of the world's other great religions. But since that terrible day, Americans have read countless stories about crazed riots over damaged Qurans, terrorists who've murdered people in the name of Allah and violent threats over Muhammad cartoons. Quite understandably, this has caused people to become considerably more wary of Islam. ... more
• The Dark Side of Diversity Fri Apr 26
  Pat Buchanan
  "I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people," said Edmund Burke of the rebellious Americans. The same holds true of Islam. ... more
• Bob Beckel: We Should Stop Giving Student Visas to Muslims Tue Apr 23
  Katie Pavlich
• Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Islamists Tue Apr 23
  David Stokes
  The obviously sarcastic title of this column comes from the days of World War II. Noel Coward, then a famous playwright and popular British entertainer, wrote a song in 1943 titled, “Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans.” ... more
• Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam Mon Apr 22
  AP News
• The Middle East, First Hand Sun Apr 21
  Michael Youssef
  Having just returned from a three-country Middle Eastern speaking tour, I cannot help but reflect on how much more complex the situation in the Middle East has become. ... more
• Bill Maher Slams Guest Claiming All Religions Are Equally Violent: “That’s Liberal Bull****” Sun Apr 21
  America
  Maher: "there's only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill you if you draw a bad cartoon of the prophet. There’s only one faith that kills you or wants to kill you if you renounce the faith. An ex-Muslim is a very dangerous thing. Talk to Salman Rushdie after the show about Christian versus Islam. So, you know, I’m just saying, let's keep it real." ... more
• Sanctimony City Thu Mar 14
  Debra J. Saunders
  Pamela Geller, most famous for fighting what she called the "ground zero mosque" in New York, bought ads on the sides of 10 San Francisco buses that feature hateful quotes from Osama bin Laden, accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan and failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad -- under the headline "My Jihad." ... more
• Moderate Muslim: Not an Oxymoron Thu Mar 7
  Steve Chapman
  Lars Hedegaard is a Danish journalist who has made his name denouncing Islam, which he describes as "a totalitarian system of thought" whose adherents "rape their own children." Last month, someone showed up at his door with a gun and fired a shot that missed him. ... more
• "The Left Now Seems To Have Reverence for Fanatics" Tue Mar 5
  Dennis Prager
  An Interview with Denmark's Salman Rushdie. ... more
• The Islamification of Texas Tue Feb 26
  Todd Starnes
  Imagine browsing Facebook one day and discovered a photograph of your 14-year-old daughter wearing a burqa – at school. ... more
• NBC: Bullies or Bigots? Wed Feb 20
  Todd Starnes
  Does NBC hate Christians? ... more
• ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SILENCE CRITICS OF ISLAM Thu Feb 7
  Diana West
  I may be the only American who has seen both the "panic room" where Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard fled in 2010 as a Somali Muslim man hacked at the door with an ax, and the apartment house where this week Danish journalist Lars Hedegaard, 70, was almost killed by an "Arab" - or "Pakistani" -looking man posing as a postman. ... more
• France deports Moroccan it says has radical Islam ties Thu Jan 31
  Reuters News
• Beyond ‘Toxic Nationalism’ Thu Jan 3
  Cliff May
  Robert D. Kaplan has long been among America’s most insightful analysts of global trends. I’d rather argue with him than agree with most others. Right now, I’m going to do a bit of both. ... more
• No Christmas Future for the Middle East? Wed Jan 2
  Frank Gaffney
  Did you have a Merry Christmas? If so, chances are you are not a Christian in the Middle East or many other parts of the world. ... more
• U.S. Covering Up and Revising Islamic Ties to Terrorism Thu Dec 27
  Rachel Alexander
  The Obama administration is following the direction of the United Nations and suppressing any mention of radical Islam's association with terrorism. Even the word “terrorism” is being censored because it has become associated with Islam. Remember President George W. Bush's “War on Terror?” The phrase has disappeared, even though terrorist attacks are increasing. Obama has stopped using the phrase. ... more
• 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

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