Bruce Bawer: Submission in the Netherlands?
Ref: City Journal, Winter 2009, vol 19, no 1. Jan 22nd, 2009
“a court in the Netherlands—a nation once famous for being an oasis of free speech—has now decided to prosecute a member of the national legislature for speaking his mind. By doing so, it proves exactly what Wilders has argued all along: that fear and “sensitivity” to a religion of submission are destroying Dutch freedom.”
Bruce S. Thornton: Epistle to the Muslims
Ref: City Journa, Winter 2008, Vol 1, No. 1
“the letter professes “that in the past (e.g. in the Crusades) and in the present (e.g. in excesses of the ‘war on terror’) many Christians have been guilty of sinning against our Muslim neighbors,””
Edward Luttwak: The middle of nowhere
Ref: Prospect Magazine, May 2007
“The middle east was once the world’s most advanced region, but these days its biggest industries are extravagant consumption and the venting of resentment. According to the UN’s 2004 Arab human development report, the region boasts the second lowest adult literacy rate in the world (after sub-Saharan Africa) at just 63 per cent. Its dependence on oil means that manufactured goods account for just 17 per cent of exports, compared to a global average of 78 per cent. Moreover, despite its oil wealth, the entire middle east generated under 4 per cent of global GDP in 2006—less than Germany.”
The The Sunday Times: Inside the sect that loves terror
Ref: The Sunday Times, August 07, 2005
“One member warned our undercover reporter against getting a job because it would be contributing to the kuffar (non-Muslim) system.
Instead, the young follower, Nasser, who receives £44 job seekers’ allowance a week, said it was permissible to “live off benefits”, just as the prophet Mohammed had lived off the state while attacking it at the same time.”
Charles Moore: Where is the Gandhi of Islam?
Ref: The Telegraph, Sept 7, 2005
“What strikes one again and again about the reaction of the public authorities, of commentators, of the media, is the terrible lethargy about studying what it is we are up against.”
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