Political Islam

The  Center for the Study of Political Islam provides information about the Islamic faith that is very difficult to come by anywhere else.  This interview of the head of that organization is as clear a recitation of the problems for the West inherent in this faith as exists anywhere.  Then bottom line of the interview:  Since there is no tolerance in Political Islam for any other faith or way of life, we in the West who have decided to deal with this faith through tolerance and "being nice" are in for a rough ride. 


ADDED:  The redoubtable Diana West, who has been sounding the alarm about the aggressive nature of Islam for years, comments here on a study done recently by independent scholars on the matter of the literature and teachings emanating from American mosques.  This study is alarming.  Over 50% of the mosques disseminate literature and teach violent jihadism and an additional 30% preach a milder form of jihadism.  Bottom line:  This is a dangerous religion to those who do not practice it, or put another way, to infidels and apostates.  

Liberalism and totalitarianism

City Magazine's Bruce Thornton reviews Showdown with Evil,  by Front Page magazine's Jamie Glazov here.  The book, a series of interviews with 30 "astute" commentators, discusses the reason for the left media's inability to come to grips with the threat of Jihadism.  Based on these interviews it seems the Muslims are seen through the prism of the left's world view that if a people are not western, christian or white, then they are victims and need defending from those oppressive groups.  This attitude accounts for the refusal of the MSM to connect the dots on the Muslim Jihadist Major who killed 13 people at Ft. Hood in 2009 despite the evidence.  It's hard to conceive how a reporter could miss the fact that the Major was heard screaming "Allah Akbur" while he went on his shooting spree and yet not connect that act with that of a Jihadist.  And yet no MSM news story made that connection. But it did make a connection between  the murder attempt on Gabrielle Giffords and the climate of hate promoted by right wing extremists without  any confirming evidence.  The obvious point here is that if the presentation of the news is influenced by given assumptions it is bound to be distorted and usually wrong.  What we must be seeing is the influence of  liberal, left wing professors in colleges and graduate journalism schools who have dominated those institutions for well over 50 years now successfully brainwashing a generation or two of students.  Jonah Goldberg of National Review has written an extremely successful book on this subject: Liberal Fascism.  Here is Jonah writing about the book and subject in a post from NR.  Jonah is one of the major talents in the conservative movement.