How to End “Islamophobia”

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From How to End “Islamophobia”: According to a recent Pew Global Attitudes survey, one out of every four American Muslims under 30 think suicide bombing in defense of Islam is justified. If, as the Pew study estimates, there are 2.35 million Muslims in America, that means there are a substantial number of people in the U.S. who think suicide bombing is justified. Similarly, if 5% of American Muslims support al-Qaeda, that’s more than 100,000 people. To bring an end to Islamophobia, it is imperative to adopt new Islamic teachings that do not allow killing apostates. Islamic authorities must provide mainstream

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Poll Finds U.S. Support for Israel Soaring

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Eat your heart out, Ibrahim Hooper. From Poll Finds U.S. Support for Israel Soaring: American public support for Israel in the face of its enemies is at a five-year high, a poll found. A new survey commissioned by the Israel Project showed that an average of 66 percent of Americans rate their feelings toward the Jewish state as “warm” or “very favorable,” while 11 percent gave Iran a positive rating. Asked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 65 percent of respondents said they support Israel, while 10 percent said they support the Palestinians. About three-quarters of those polled said the United States

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Poll: Americans want PA to recognize Israel

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A majority of Americans think Palestinians must acknowledge Israel’s right to exist before they can have their own state, a recent poll commissioned by the Israel Project found. Though a large contingent believes in a two-state solution, 60% believe “there should not be a Palestinian state until Palestinian leaders end terror and recognize Israel’s right to exist.” 50% said they support Israel in the conflict, compared to 7% backing the PA. The poll also found that 73% of Americans favor international sanctions on Iran, even if it might lead to a 20% rise in gas prices. 71% believe that violence

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Anti-jihad, economic ideas to share

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Hugh Fitzgerald, the excellent writer and analyst at JihadWatch writes: There are three things that amount to the equivalent of December 7, 1941 in this war-without-end in which we are now engaged. This war began earlier, but was not marked by one spectacular attack. The Jihad had fallen over the past two centuries into desuetude only because of Muslim weakness, and has now been revived when three things occurred to make Muslims believe that they could now go for broke and achieve superiority over their permanent, because non-Muslim, enemies. These three things were:1) the past, present, and continuing OPEC oil

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Educated Palestinians Leaving PA

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Driven by fear of civil war and increasingly bleak economic prospects, Palestinians are fleeing their violence-wracked neighborhoods in growing numbers. Many are skilled and educated, and are leaving behind an increasingly impoverished and fundamentalist society. The brain drain reverses a trend of the 1990s when, fueled by peace hopes, thousands of well-to-do Palestinians returned from the diaspora to the West Bank and Gaza, building homes and setting up businesses. More than 20 factories have moved out of Gaza in recent months. Some 10,000 Palestinians emigrated between June and October and another 45,000 have made preparations to leave, said Ahmed Suboh,

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