The Iconoclast
College Commencement Season Makes You Think Of Only One Thing
It’s Huxley College, with its ineffable President and faculty members, deliberately eliciting the same response — hilarity — that most, or almost all, or possibly even all, college commencements in […]
Reut Cohen: Evidence of Islamic Antisemitism at the University of California at Irvine
Editor’s note In our NER June article, “How One Southern California Jewish Federation undermines Student Zionism at a State University, “a former Anteater for Israel (AFI) leader and University […]
The Spelling Bee And Its Indian-American Winners
The story of the Indian-American winners at this year’s, last year’s, the year before last and the year before that (und so weiter) here. It’s an outlet and a sweet […]
Bikers to Hold Draw Mohammed Contest at Phoenix Mosque During Friday Prayers
Let the predictable Muslim victimization narrative begin. No doubt the police will be there to protect the mosque and harass the bikers. This protest is called Freedom of Speech Rally Round II. On […]
March Of Lycee Students In Support Of Freedom Of Expression
A student in a lycee wrote, last January, in support of Charlie-Hebdo. For his pains he received seven death threats from Muslims, some of those missives apparently containing — ah! […]
Is the State Department Taking Seriously Reports of North Korea-Iranian Nuclear Cooperation?
North Korean Sohae Missile Launch site, November 2012 Source: Space.com At today’s State Department Daily Press Briefing, spokesperson Jeff Rathke was asked by Matt Lee, AP White House correspondent […]
A Musical Interlude: My Sin (Belle Baker)
Listen here.
Israel’s Gas Pains Relieved: Dr. Gilo Resigns.
Great business news from Israel this week. Israel has become a veritable cyber ware super power. According to Ha’aretz, sales of computer and network security technology reached more than […]
The Dalai Lama, A Long-Time Apologist For Islam, Can’t Understand Aung San Suu Kyi
The Dalai Lama has a history of one-way dialogues with Muslims, in which he keeps saying the same thing: don’t judge Muslims by a violent and unrepresentative (how does he […]
Burma’s Unique Culture: Papermaking With Bamboo
The “Rohingyas” — that’s the name the Muslims from Bengal (that is, both West Bengal, and Bangladesh), who had a lot to do with first installing Bengalis in northern Burma, […]
British girls will likely ‘die in Iraq or Syria’
A senior female commander from Islamic State has told
In Yemen, The State Department Did What It Should To Prevent Visa Fraud
Here is an article by Tim Arango in The New York Times, on the supposed anguish of “Yemeni-Americans” who have had difficulties with holding onto their passports, or using them […]
Egyptian Cleric: We Must Make War On The Shiites
Here.
The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa – Author Interview
An interview with John Alembillah Azumah, the author of “The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa”.
Amna Muna: Eager To "Liberate, Inshallah, All Of Palestine"
Not-quite-chic and not-quite soigne in the Western manner, but in Turkey trying her Muslim Arab best, Amina Muna is proud of all she’s done and, inshallah, that she’s going to […]
The Farhud In Baghdad, June 1-2, 1941
The story of the Baghdad mass-killingsof Jews is told here. The story of how Jewish volunteers, including David Raziel, Jabotinsky’s likely successor, came to Iraq and took on the most […]
