By Andrew L. Jaffee, netwmd.com
All for fear of offending Muslims, we have “a quiet wave of self-censorship and cultural cowardice sweeping Western art circles:” A novel (The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones) is pulled before it even got published; the “BBC has dropped a big-budget docu-drama, The London Bombers;” “the BBC hospital soap Casualty [...] Read more »
“Self-censorship and cultural cowardice sweeping Western art circles”
European Moral Feebleness Fuels Russia’s Aggression and Impunity
By Andrew L. Jaffee, netwmd.com
Russian President Putin’s goon-squad is using “’scorched-earth’ tactics” in Georgia, has promised to annex territory (South Ossetia and Abkhazia), and now is threatening to attack Poland. This is pure madness, but look at the reaction from Europe (or, should I say, lack thereof?), as described by the brave Russian soul, Garry [...] Read more »
Is Russia a Democracy?
Under Putin:
- Russia’s free press has basically been shut down by government censorship;
- Russian journalists have been murdered;
- “The control Putin is building over the country’s corporate sector resembles the kind of fascism instituted by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini or Spain’s Francisco Franco…”
- Use of torture by Russian troops in Chechnya is rampant;
- Putin has [...] Read more »
The Forgotten Revolutionaries Who Shunned Terrorism
By Andrew L. Jaffee
Apologizing for terrorism is completely indefensible. Have people forgotten MLK and Gandhi’s teachings? Have people forgotten the Velvet and Singing Revolutions in Eastern Europe against the Soviet/Russian Empire?
The Soviets murdered millions, deported millions to Siberia, bugged telephones, banned books, outlawed native languages, encouraged Russians to emigrate to occupied nations to dilute the [...] Read more »
False Claims Against Israel
This taken from comments by thedoctori on Newsvine:
Did you know that some Palestinians celebrated the 911 atrocity?
Did you know that Palestinians have dressed up babies as homicide bombers?
Did you know that Hamas runs kindergartens for homicide bombers?
Did you know that Hamas’ explosives blew up 15 Palestinians during a parade?
Did you know that “The armed wing [...] Read more »
CAIR: Islamists Masquerading as Moderate Muslims
By Andrew L. Jaffee, netwmd.com
I worked with a Shiite Muslim for seven years, probably one of the best customers I’ve ever had. I avidly follow true moderate Muslim commentators like Fareed Zakaria, [1] Kamal Nawash, [2] Fouad Ajami, [3] and Mansoor Ijaz. [4] I hold democratically-elected Muslim leaders like President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia with [...] Read more »
