Can One Simultaneously be a Good Muslim and a Good American?

Can one simultaneously be a good Muslim and a good American? In the context of the story of Pfc. Naser Abdo, an infantryman who joined the U.S. Army a year ago and just this past June filed for conscientious objector status on grounds that his faith and service could not mix, I was recently posed [...]

“…cleared for the flight…” (with update)

Okie dokie, so let me get this straight. On Sunday, it was hot enough here in Charleston that I burned my feet on the sidewalk outside our apartment while walking our dog.  A few hundred miles to the west, in Birmingham, Alabama, the high temperature reached near ninety degrees despite rain.  At the airport there [...]

Another Hoax?

CNN’s Belief Blog: Feds Investigate Fire at Site of Future Tennessee Mosque A fire at the future site of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is under investigation but “you can reasonably make the assumption” that it was arson, an FBI spokesman told CNN Sunday. “The evidence is being analyzed to see what the origin of [...]

The Mall? The Ball Game?

Human Events: A.W.R. Hawkins: Where Will You Be When You Hear ‘Allahu Akbar’? As United Airlines flight 93 dove toward the ground on September 11, 2001, the hijackers piloting the plane could be heard shouting “Allahu Akbar.” In 2004, as other Muslim terrorists beheaded American Nick Berg, shouts of “Allahu Akbar” accompanied the sawing at [...]

Surprise, He’s a Lefty!

Michelle Malkin: Left: The NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing was right-wing ISLAMOPHOBIA! … oh, wait a minute … As you may have heard, a Muslim cabbie was stabbed in a terrible incident in NYC today. The reportedly drunk perpetrator worked/volunteered for a liberal interfaith film company and there is zero evidence that he is a Fox [...]

Why is this Being Allowed to Happen?

One would think that once was enough.  One would think–hope, for God’s sake–that the world’s having come so close to having been ruled by a fascist killing machine would have been enough to teach those who are in a position to stop it from ever happening again to stop it from ever happening again. Apparently not, however. [...]

Krauthammer on the NYC Mosque

National Review: Charles Krauthammer: Sacrilege at Ground Zero A place is made sacred by a widespread belief that it was visited by the miraculous or the transcendent (Lourdes, the Temple Mount), by the presence there once of great nobility and sacrifice (Gettysburg), or by the blood of martyrs and the indescribable suffering of the innocent [...]

Thy Will be Done

A test of wills — that’s going to be the manner in which this nation’s current, volatile political climate will ultimately be determined. Those with the staying power to see this struggle through to the end will decide the course of our future. If I were a betting man, of course, I’d go straight to [...]

‘Right’ vs. ‘Should’

Why is it that so many people cannot distinguish between a right, and doing what’s right? The First Amendment to the United States Constitution clearly protects our freedom to worship and freedom to associate. Our founders and those before them came here to the New World in an attempt to eschew religion-based discrimination, and pointedly [...]

Obama’s Wild Imagination

No, Mr. President. The beheading of Daniel Pearl–a young, successful American journalist, husband and new father–on video with a dull, rusty knife did not “capture the world’s imagination.” It captured anger and rage from the deepest recesses of our being. It did not show us “the importance of a free press.” It showed us how [...]

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