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John Kiser: Abd el-Kader’s Jihad of Compassion and Courage
Abd el-Kader reflected the true meaning of Islam: compassion and courage.
AAJA And MPAC Demand Action After Fox Host Advocated For Violence Against Muslims
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) are demanding action from Fox News after a host linked all Muslims to terrorists and advocated for violence against practitioners of the faith.
‘Jihad’ against Cadbury’s? The only threats of violence are against Muslims
While it would appear that nobody is in fact proposing to attack Cadbury, press coverage of this story has predictably provoked actual calls for violence…against Muslims.
No, Jesus WASN’T a Pacifist: The Problem with the Muhammad vs. Jesus Comparisons
The way some Christians invoke Jesus to vilify Muhammad is wrong.
Sana Saeed: Tunisia and “Sexual Jihad”
Despite the lack of clear evidence of a sex war pandemic, this hasn’t stopped news media outlets all over the world from grabbing, expanding and running with this story.
The Top Five Ways Jewish Law* Justifies Killing Civilians; #5: There Are No Rules in Times of War (I)
All faith traditions, not just Islam, have their problematic aspects.
Bat Ye’or: Theorist of the ‘counterjihad’ movement
As the author of the Muslim-conspiracy “Eurabia” thesis, Littman has served as a major source of ideological inspiration to the “counterjihad” movement, not least to the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik.
The Muslims Are Coming: Pamela Geller Discovers Comedy Jihad
In 2009, Dean Obeidallah wrote The Muslims Are Coming! in which he talked about an early Muslims Are Coming efforts.
The J Word: Jihad, Between Hype and Reality
Danios of LoonWatch is writing a book that will shatter the foundational myth of Islamophobia.
South Florida Freakout Over “Jihad” Tag
When “Jihad” went up, a characteristically crazed response followed.
Muslim Cabdriver, an Army Reservist and Iraqi veteran,assaulted for being Muslim
A veteran who works as a cabdriver says a passenger he picked up at a country club accused him of being a terrorist then fractured his jaw in an attack being described as a hate crime.
James Holmes and “Retrospective Jihad”
Did James Holmes brainwash himself into ex-post-facto justifying his killing spree?