Tag: Islam
Archaeology is a big problem for the Palestinian cause
Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem found a 2,700-year-old stone seal last week near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It’s just a few inches in diameter, but it’s a big deal for Zionism—and another blow to the Palestinian...
Israeli envoy in NY: West at risk of ‘radical Muslim occupation’
Ofir Akunis was solidly entrenched in the Knesset, serving in his 15th year as a lawmaker. The popular Likud figure—formerly a party spokesman and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu—had held a number of ministerial roles...
The ‘free Palestine’ disconnect
While “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators take full advantage of the privilege and freedoms that America offers—speech, assembly, plush campuses, deluxe tents—they exuberantly chant “Death to America” and support Hamas, an Islamist terrorist group that oppresses its...
Sufis and Kabbalists and their vision of the world
Religions and the conception of God
Religions do not have the same conception of God. The Christian triune God is not the God of the Qur’ân or the Torah, and the personal God of the...
It’s time to be honest about radical Islam
In recent days, major Muslim organizations have been sounding the alarm about an apparent rise in Islamophobia, which they attribute to the Israel-Hamas war. Groups like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) say that complaints...
Two Muslim women who are fighting for freedom
Dressed in all their ethnic finery, two heroic, religious, anti-Islamist Muslim women—Anila Ali from Pakistan and Soraya Deen from Sri Lanka—came to see me. They are beautiful women. Anila is a teacher and a community leader. Soraya...
‘Sheikh of terrorists’ and Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader dies in Qatar
Senior Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Youssef al-Qaradawi died on Monday in Qatar at the age of 96, according to his official Twitter account.
“His Eminence Imam Youssef al-Qaradawi, who gave his life to making clear...
Judaism deserves as much respect as Islam
It turns out that there are some stunts in the era of clickbait journalism that really do go too far. When news reporter Gil Tamari of Israeli TV Channel 13 snuck into the city of Mecca earlier...
Doubled in 2021: Online visits to National Library of Israel in Arabic top 2...
The National Library of Israel (NLI) said 2021 saw a significant increase in Arab users of its website and online resources across the Arab world, within Israel and globally.
Compared to the previous year, 2021...
Remember the Battle of Lepanto
Last week, Oct. 7 to be precise, was the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. Why should you give a flying fig? Because it was a pivotal clash in a war that has...