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9/11, 15 years on
Time flies. The five-year-old boy I took to the zoo -- and kept away from the TV and the radio -- the day the terrorists flew planes into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center is on his way back to college after a short visit home. Sonia Shah was...
Boston jihadi bombing follow-up
Noteworthy news, comment, and reflection: MIT's student newspaper The Tech reports on the memorial service for campus police officer Sean Collier. MIT Police Chief John Difava recounted the events of last Thursday night. He was pulling out of Stata around 9:30 p.m. and saw a cruiser idling, which turned out...
"Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" cartoonist goes into hiding
Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris is "going ghost" -- "moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity" at the insistence of the FBI, according to a story a September 15, 2010, story in the Seattle Weekly. (Via GWSchulzCIR on Twitter.) She will no longer be publishing cartoons in our...
Paul E. Marek: Why the "peaceful majority" of Muslims is irrelevant, possibly dangerous
An e-mail from a friend called my attention to this widely-circulated 2006 essay by Canadian blogger Paul E. Marek: "Why the Peaceful Majority Is Irrelevant." The title refers to the supposition that most Muslims are peace-loving, in contrast to the radicals who call for jihad against the West. Marek counters...
Tulsa Muslim leaders express solidarity with Hamas terrorists
From the Tulsa World: About 160 people protested in Tulsa on Friday afternoon over the fighting between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. Muslim Iman Arthur Farahkhan said the nonviolent protest was by "people of conscience" who want to help "stop the violence and cease all fire." "I couldn't have a...
Sudden Jihad Syndrome at Tulsa Burger King?
It happened on September 5, but only recently did it make the news. Last Thursday, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Sheldon Robinson was honored by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority as Trooper of the Month for his quick thinking and action in subduing a man in who had come into the Burger...
CAIR sues Abercrombie & Fitch over Tulsa hijab decision; Coburn protests ISNA grants
As See-Dubya says, "Whom to root against?" The worst reactionary impulses of the seventh century, or the engines of postmodern degradation? A pox on both their houses. That's in reference to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint filed by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK)...
Miftah suit against Islamic Society of Tulsa moves forward
On Wednesday, July 23, District Judge Linda Morrissey denied motions by the Islamic Society of Tulsa, Mujib Cheema, and the North American Islamic Trust to dismiss Jamal Miftah's lawsuit against them. Miftah is suing Cheema, IST, and NAIT, as well as several other individual leaders in IST for assault and...
Mrs. Miftah responds to Islamic Society of Tulsa press conference
I received an e-mail from Nageena Shahnaz Miftah, the wife of Jamal Miftah, responding individually to the seven people who spoke at the recent "press conference" (really a rally) held at the Islamic Society of Tulsa for the purpose of denouncing State Rep. Rex Duncan and other legislators who declined...
"Ethnic American" really does mean Muslim
Urban Tulsa Weekly reporter Brian Ervin digs deeper into the controversy over the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council (GEAAC) and its gift of a special centennial edition of the Koran to state legislators. As BatesLine first reported back in May, the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council was created by executive...
Ethnic American Advisory Council should reflect ethnic diversity, Reynolds says
State Rep. Mike Reynolds is putting the focus in the recent Centennial Koran uproar where it belongs: Why did Gov. Brad Henry create a state agency devoted promoting the interests of the Muslim religion, and why does it exist under a misleading name? I refer, of course, to the Governor's...
Diana West on the Islamicizing of Oklahoma
In the Washington Times, columnist Diana West considers the press reaction to the decision by a growing number of legislators not to accept a Koran from the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council (GEAAC): Of course, it's the rejection of the Korans that's making headlines, not their state-sealed if privately funded...
Islamic Society of Tulsa honors "Truthers"
zTruth is a blog, evidently based here in Tulsa, that focuses on Islamic organizations in the West and the spread of dhimmitude, homeland security, and immigration enforcement. Here's a recent entry with a stunning insight into attitudes of the leadership of the Islamic Society of Tulsa: On August 25th, The...
Jamal Miftah sues mosque over defamation and assault
Jamal Miftah, who in November 2006 was angrily confronted, called "anti-Islamic," and expelled from the Islamic Society of Tulsa's al-Salam mosque over his op-ed condemning those who commit terror in the name of Islam, filed suit today against the Islamic Society of Tulsa, the national Islamic organizations who own and...
Mapping Shari'a
The magazine Insight is reporting on an effort to identify mosques in America which are promoting radical Islam, specifically the establishment of shari'a law and the imposition of Islam on the nation: “Our initial investigation has concluded there are between 400 to 500 radical Islamic centers in the U.S.,†said...
Zuhdi Jasser: An interview with a moderate Muslim leader
Erick Stakelbeck's latest report on Hot Air is an interview with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. Jasser, a cardiologist living in the Phoenix area, was born in Wisconsin and served 11 years as a Navy medical officer. He believes faithful Muslims are freer to...
Is there only one kind of Ethnic American in Oklahoma?
A few days ago I wrote about OETA's scheduled program "Islam in Oklahoma," which aired Friday night, and about whether the people invited to participate in the discussion would provide a balanced and complete view of the topic. (Because of unexpected family schedule complications, I didn't get to see the...
Will OETA tell the full story of Islam in Oklahoma?
Next Friday night at 9, OETA, Oklahoma's public television network, will air "Islam in Oklahoma": Oklahoma is home to more than 30,000 Muslim Americans. Join leaders from Oklahoma's Muslim community as they address the questions and issues raised by America at a Crossroads, Friday May 4 at 9 p.m. (Is...
Jamal Miftah interview in FrontPage magazine
Just posted on FrontPage magazine is an in-depth interview with Jamal Miftah, the Tulsa Muslim who last fall wrote a bold guest opinion condemning terrorism in the name of Islam and was expelled from the Islamic Society of Tulsa's mosque. The interview fills in some fascinating details about Miftah's background...
Jamal Miftah story on "The 700 Club"
A few weeks ago, CBN News anti-terrorism analyst Erick Stakelbeck visited Tulsa to talk to Jamal Miftah, the Pakistani Muslim who was kicked out of the mosque of the Islamic Society of Tulsa for his guest opinion condemning those who commit acts of terror in the name of Islam. Stakelbeck...
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