It is no secret that an irrefutable link exists between lung cancer and cigarette smoking. Empirical studies supporting the link were published beginning 50 years ago. In 1964 the Surgeon General of the United States wrote a report about the dangers of cigarette smoking, and in 1965 Congress passed a law requiring every pack of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘violence’
Filed under: Islam, Radical Islam
Social Tagging: islamism • islamist • jihad • qur'an • terrorism • violence
Filed under: Anti-Christian Violence, Islam, Radical Islam
Social Tagging: Egypt • intolerance • persecution • religious freedom • violence
Western media coverage of the recent massacre of Coptic Christians in Cairo, Egypt—in which the military killed dozens of Christians and injured some 300—was, as discussed earlier, deplorable. It merely repeated the false propaganda of the complicit state-run media, without checking facts. Since then, further proofs of the lies and brutality surrounding the massacre have emerged; [...]
Filed under: Anti-Christian Violence, Islam
Social Tagging: dhimmitude • Egypt • intolerance • persecution • religious freedom • violence
Reposted from Raymond Ibrahim’s blog. Original here. Historically, non-Muslims whose lands were seized by the jihad had three choices: conversion, dhimmitude, or death. Today, however, they have a fourth option largely unavailable to their forbears: quit their lands of origin—emigrate—the latest testimony to the nature of Islam. Abu Shadi: “Christians must choose between conversion, [...]
Filed under: Obama, Politics, Security, Violence
Social Tagging: Egypt • intolerance • Islam • persecution • violence
By Raymond Ibrahim. Originally posted in the Middle East Forum here. Earlier this month in the West Bank, “settlers attempted to burn two mosques, and vandalized an IDF base as part of the latest ‘price tag’ attacks. The attacks came in response to the demolition of three buildings earlier this week in the West Bank settlement [...]
Filed under: Islam, Terrorism, Violence
Social Tagging: jihad • radical • violence
What do the following verses from the Quran have in common? Note that I am taking the liberty of quoting from several English translations, lest someone accuse me of cherry picking one particular translation to fit a certain agenda. I prefer to let the Quran speak for itself, rather than forcing an idea by choosing [...]
Filed under: Islam, Politics, Radical Islam, Security, Terrorism
Social Tagging: 9/11 • islamism • islamist • terrorism • violence
by Patrick Poole Pajamas Media September 11, 2011 Original posted here. When President Obama hosted his annual iftar dinner in August to commemorate Ramadan, the list of invitees published by the White House was curiously missing the names of several attendees — all of whom are top leaders of organizations known to be purveyors of jihadist ideology. But it [...]
Filed under: Islam, Terrorism, Violence
Social Tagging: 9/11 • dhimmitude • jihad • terror • terrorism • violence
The following is a response to an opinion piece published September 9, 2011 and published online. For background behind the comments below, please read the entire article here. The writer makes a number of errors. He either is intentionally misleading those who know little about Islam, or he himself is ignorant of the historical roots [...]
Filed under: Security, Terrorism, Violence
Social Tagging: intolerance • Norway • radical • terrorism • violence
By Tawfik Hamid The recent terror act in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik is -without doubt- a heinous and an evil act. This attack cannot be ignored as it may herald the very early stages of serious communal conflict or worse in Europe. At the same time, what conclusions does it merit? The attack does illustrate [...]
Filed under: Anti-Christian Violence, Islam, Radical Islam
Social Tagging: Egypt • Islam • jizya • persecution • violence
By Raymond Ibrahim http://www.meforum.org/2982/egypt-jizya-attacks-on-christians If growing numbers of Muslims in Egypt have an intrinsic hatred for all things Christian— demonstrated days ago by the torching of eight Christian homes on the rumor that a church was being built—let us not forget that this hate has instrumental, that is, economic benefits: the extortion of money from the non-believer—tribute from the [...]
Filed under: Anti-Christian Violence, Islam, Radical Islam
Social Tagging: mosque • shari'a • terrorism • violence
by Mordechai Kedar and David Yerushalmi Middle East Quarterly Summer 2011, pp. 59-72 http://www.meforum.org/2931/american-mosques How great is the danger of extremist violence in the name of Islam in the United States? Recent congressional hearings into this question by Rep. Peter King (Republican of New York), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, have generated a [...]
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