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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Only Palestinians are allowed to invoke religion for nationalistic purposes

Arab leaders and pundits habitually warn, in English, that Israel is threatening to threatening to turn the conflict into a religious war. A recent example comes from Ramzy Baroud in Arab News, saying, What is currently taking place in Palestine is not a religious war, but some Israeli officials and political parties are keen on turning it into one. Though warnings...

Antisemitic Grand imam of Al-Azhar tells UN Security Council how to be tolerant

Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar mosque, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, spoke at the UN Security Council Wednesday about the importance of "human fraternity," tolerance and mutual respect in achieving world peace.The UN summarizes his statement:Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, rejected claims that Islam is a religion...

Jewish and Islamic law in outer space are surprisingly similar

Saudi astronauts Ali al-Qarni and Rayyanah BarnawiMuslim media is discussing how Saudi astronaut Ali Al-Qarni is doing his prayers on the space station. He made a video saying that he puts his feet in some sort of attachment so he can stand still and try to prostrate himself, although that is very difficult.But he doesn't say whether he tries to face Mecca - which would...

The most important unwritten law in the West: Don't piss off irrational, extremist Muslims

It is important to examine two events in recent days, as they both severely limit the freedom of Westerners - and signal far worse things that could come.The first is the visit by Israeli minister of security Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Temple Mount.The second is the publicizing of the removal of an instructor at Hamline University for including depictions of Mohammed in his art...

75 years ago: Jews in Arab countries in grave danger

Continuing looking at the newspapers from 75 years ago in the wake of the UN Partition vote.From the Manchester Guardian, December 10, 1947:From the Palestine Post, December 11, 1947:Commentary magazine summarized the pogrom in Aden a few months later:In the riots that broke out suddenly last December 2 after the decision of the United Nations in favor of partition in Palestine,...

When a Palestinian journalist @HosanSalemG says that all Palestinian journalists support terror, is he an anti-Palestinian racist?

A photo of Hosam Salem from his Facebook pageYesterday, Gaza photojournalist Hosam Salem tweeted that his contract with the New York Times had been terminated. Here's his thread:After years of covering the Gaza Strip as a freelance photojournalist for the New York Times, I was informed via an abrupt phone call from the US outlet that they will no longer work with me in the...

Saudi cleric causes controversy by ruling one should be nice to Jews

A member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars and an advisor at the Saudi Royal Court, Sheikh Dr. Saad bin Nasser Al-Shathri, called on the Saudis to be kind to Jews who visit the Kingdom.During a fatwa program on "Alif Alif" radio, a listener asked how a Muslim should treat a Jew who visits the kingdom.Al-Shathri responded that “not every Jew is an Israeli, and a Muslim...

Saudis normalizing the idea of normalization

Many Islamists criticized Saudi Arabia for appointing Muhammad bin Abdul-Karim al-Issa to perform the sermon and prayer on the Day of Arafa at the Namirah Mosque in Mecca for Hajj.Al-Issa had visited Auschwitz, met with rabbis, visited Yeshiva University in New York and in general has been outspoken in pushing for coexistence with other religions. This was a...

When the utopian vision of a one-state socialist "Palestine" crashes into Palestinian Islamism

Both Western Leftists and Palestinian Arabs agree that they would love to see a single state from the river to the sea. Neither of them admit aloud how different their visions of such a state are.When speaking to Western audiences, the Left - whether they are Jews like Peter Beinart or prominent Palestinian Leftists like Leila Khaled - describe a socialist utopia where...

Is it even possible to be a pro-Palestinian feminist?

This article in The Nation is being reported all over: Her arguments are really nutty, but Sarsour knows how to get publicity. So let's use her own methodology to ask whether it is possible for Linda Sarsour, or anyone else, to be a feminist while supporting Palestinian Arabs. According to the UN, there are no specific laws or provisions in the Palestinian Authority...

These Greens Are Poisonous (Daphne Anson)

We all want to save this planet, we all want a life that’s free So we voted for the Greens, ‘cause they stood for equality. But as soon as they got power, it went right to their head, Now they’re not supporting freedom, but racism instead. Greens, Greens, your paint’s peeling off, you ain’t what you were at the start, Greens, greens, your paint’s peeling off,...