Of course. Christians won't behead anyone over "Bible Thumper." Dhimmitude at Apple: "Report: Apple Removes iSlam Muhammad App From Store," by Brian Heater for PCMag.com, May 21 (thanks to Karl): Thursday was "International Draw Muhammad Day," a day of protest fueled by a Facebook page that encouraged followers to post...

He argues from several angles. One is to denigrate the status of American civilians as "innocent," which is noteworthy in light of the common apologist tactic of insisting Islam forbids the killing of "innocents," and leaving the audience to apply their own definition of the term. Another argument he offers...

More members of the Tiny Minority of Extremists in moderate, tolerant, pro-American Kosovo? Of course, their presence in the Balkans is commonly written off as the product of Wahhabi influence. And while Saudi money has been instrumental in exporting jihad ideology and funding the activity that results, this explanation is...

I’m a big fan of my fellow Canadian NewsReal Blog contributor Christine Williams, not least because it requires considerable fortitude to defy Received Liberal Wisdom™ up here and find work in the media as an openly Christian, conservative visible minority. However, I don’t quite share her optimism about Quebec’s role as the vanguard of any anti-Sharia [...]

"Emo" refers to a punk-influenced music sub-culture known for wearing a great deal of black (actually pretty easy for women in Saudi Arabia), heavy eye makeup, and generally appearing rather sad (though a little more dressed-down and less monochromatic than Goths). More extensive background than you probably need can be...

In 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy addressed the French parliament on the incompatibility of the burqa and women’s rights: In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity … The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a [...]

This is not an academic question, totally detached from reality. As far as Israel is concerned, it is a question of life and death. And it was the first question I asked myself upon reading “Can Israel Afford to Slow Down Iran’s Nuclear Program?” by Yossi Melman in the May 20th issue of Haaretz. Yossi Melman [...]

Apparently former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn isn’t the only Obama admirer with an affinity for Maoist methodology. On Hardball Monday night, Chris Matthews began a week long rant about the BP oil spill that had him calling for the imprisonment of the whole BP board, possibly their execution, and for the President to nationalize [...]

Coptic leaders have been unsuccessful in efforts to get an audience with Obama. Perhaps he fears that to meet with them would be "Islamophobic." "Coptic Christians Voicing Frustration With White House As Persecution Widens in Egypt," by Youssef Ibrahim for the New York Sun, May 22 (thanks to George): The...

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It turns out it's not just Iranians who have seen fit to draw equivalences between the Holocaust and mocking Islam and Muhammad (thanks to Kim). Of course, the issue is complicated by the propensity among Muslim communities for Holocaust denial. So, drawing that same equivalence, if they think the Holocaust...

Yes, you read that right, and our You Might Want to Read This Sitting Down Department sends its suggestions that... well, you know. Why would something this wacky make a repeat appearance? What kind of weirdo would suggest such a thing? Who, indeed? (Insert awkward silence here.) Muhammad, actually, according...

The implication here is absurd, but predictable. That is, the notion that 6,000,000 Jews killed in the Holocaust, as well as the millions of members of other groups the Nazis attempted to exterminate, is an atrocity equal to a cartoon about Muhammad, or jokes about Islam in general. Frankly,...

Whatever she may think now, hopefully Molly Norris will someday realize that launching "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" was the right thing to do for the sake of free expression and to shine a spotlight on the double standard that too many Muslims -- even ostensibly "moderate" ones -- demand for...

Amid all of this uproar, three simple words bear repeating: It's. A. Cartoon. Indeed, imagine if this level of indignation were directed at those who commit atrocities at the urging of Islamic scriptures? Note also the sense of entitlement to special treatment. "Muslims urged to react," from iAfrica, May 22...

Man, I thought this horrific trend was on its way out. Apparently, it’s surfacing in—of all places—Saudi frickin’ Arabia! The Saudi religious police have arrested 10 women for dressing emo-style. For those that do not know what an emo is, the link explains: The trend is characterised by wearing skinny black jeans, tennis shoes, colourful T-shirts [...]

Christian Adams, a key attorney working on the Department of Justice’s voter intimidation case against the New Black Panthers, has recently resigned. His primary reason — and what has been emphasized in the resignation coverage — is the controversy Adams and some of his colleagues have been embroiled in after the Department’s dismissal of the [...]

No serious person believes our “private” lives have no impact whatsoever on society at large. Furthermore, such a person does also not believe that the number of fatherless boys in jail is just a coincidence. To put it more dramatically: the West’s expressive divorce culture has destroyed more lives than the bombing of Hiroshima. But more [...]

We've received a few more submissions contributions for Everybody Draw Muhammad Day. Here they are: From Raven: From Gravenimage: From WM (and we realize this may be offensive to Looney Tunes fans and the National Pork Board):...

This case offers proof yet again of Sam Harris' observation (quoted by Brad Thor here): The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you. Of course, the...