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Political Islam

Epps Aviation vs. hijab – by Rachel Ehrenfeld @ American Thinker – Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 –  A growing number of fashion runways and department stores promote the hijab as the latest “chic” thing to wear, a “fashionable identity symbol.”  The buying power of fast-growing Muslim communities in the West is being used by Islamist to entice designers to present the “latest trend” with models who wear “covered-up…

Canada’s Submission to Sharia Law – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Sunday, February 4th, 2018 – Left: Mufti Aasim Rashid — Canada does not need special Sharia courts. – In October 2017, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith has already ruled in favor Sharia law. The Judge found a Muslim man “not guilty of sexually assaulting his wife” because the government failed to prove that he knowingly violated the……

Islam in Global Politics: A Civilizational Crisis? – By Exclusive to ACDThursday, February 1st, 2018  — “Islam in Global Politics.”  How one addresses this issue depends not just on the meaning of those four words —— “Islam,” “Global” “politics,” and also “in” —— both individually and together. It also depends on how you see and approach the question that they together pose. On the attitude or……

Political Islam Threatening North America  – By Tom QuigginMonday, January 22nd, 2018  — Left: Canadian PM Trudeau participating in prayers in a Surrey, British Columbia mosque. Credit: LifeSiteNews. A Warning to America: The Growing Islamist Threat in Canada – Canadian Sunni Islamists pose a special threat to Canada, according to a leaked Canadian Security Intelligence Service report. “The Service has never before faced a terrorist…

LGBTQ – The Islamic Perspective – Canada – By Rachel EhrenfeldFriday, January 19th, 2018 – Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau touts himself as a leader who equality and rights for the LGBTQ community. At the same time, he also embraces and promotes the growing Islamist movement in Canada, which views homosexuality as a crime punishable by lashing and even death. And the Islamists make no…

Terrorist Threat on the U.S. Northern Border – By Rachel Ehrenfeld –Thursday, January 18th, 2018 – Has the Islamist influence in the Canadian government become so dominant that the American government should monitor and assess this issue?  Is the penetration of the Canadian political system by the Muslim Brotherhood (and others) so severe that it is becoming a national security threat to the U.S.?  A wall…

Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Da’esh “Lite” in North America – By Rachel EhrenfeldWednesday, January 10th, 2018 – Left: The famous mud-mosque in Mali, where al Qaeda has been active, has been used by Taha Ghayyur as an advertisement of his presentation at the Al-Falah Islamic Center as part of Black History Month – “Discover the Forgotten Legacy of African Islam” on Feb. 19, 2016.  Recent mass demonstrations in……

ISNA Canada and its affiliates – By Rachel Ehrenfeld Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 – Taha Ghayyur, the new Executive Director of the Islamic Society of North America – Canada (ISNA Canada), believes that the Islamic Law can be gradually implemented in North America. Assumed office on December 1, 2017, Ghayyur is long time grassroots activist who worked for spreading the word of Islam in…… 

Erdogan is No US Ally –  By Sunday, December 24th, 2017 – On December 25, millions of Christians in countries whose leaders voted against the United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as well as Pope Francis, who joined in the condemnation, will be celebrating the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, in the Holy Land of Israel. We wish them and……

Erdogan’s Nuclear Ambitions* – By Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 – Turkey is rapidly developing into a threat to peace and stability in the Middle East. The regime of President [formerly Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP Justice and Development Party are increasingly authoritarian. Their effort to obtain nuclear power with its military offshoots would make it an imposing……

Banning The Muslim Brotherhood – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Feb 8, 2017 … It took years for many in the West to realize the MB has fooled them into endorsing the oxymoron of “Political Islam.” It took the Muslim Brotherhood, first in Tunisia and Egypt, and with other radical Islamist groups in Syria, Libya, and Iraq to destabilize the Middle East. Only after the MB globalized their …
The Folly of Islamic de-Radicalization – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Jun 19, 2015 … Advocating the same Islamic law (sharia) the Muslim Brotherhood movement has invented “Political Islam” to diminish Western influences on Muslims and the fool Western democracies into swallowing the bait that Islam is just another international political movement. Together, they have spread the radical…
The Lure of ISIS – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, May 7, 2015 … Success against ISIS and all other jihadis recruitment will be possible only when the U.S. president and his administration will acknowledge and condemn the ideology behind the global movement of “Political Islam” (an oxymoron) that keeps feeding disinformation to non-Muslims while nurturing radicalism …
Islamists’ Political Power in the U.K. and U.S. – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Dec 8, 2014 … … have asked for the evidence that the fact-finding committee regarding the violence that erupted after Mohamed Morsi’s ousting used last month to recommend the banning of all religious, political parties, which have been inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood’s credo “Political Islam.” The Egyptian committee…
Egypt Moves Against Political Islam – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, Nov 27, 2014 … Now, Egypt seems ready to go further by banning the subversive influence of ‘ Political Islam,’ the oxymoronic invention of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been adopted by all Islamist Sunni and Shi’a movements. Today, the Egyptian fact-finding committee that investigated the violence that plagued the …
Islam and Security in Bosnia-Herzegovina* – By Leslie S. Lebl – Jun 5, 2014 … One factor, however, has received but scant attention: the role of Islamism, the political ideology based on a religion that motivates the Muslim Brotherhood, al- Qaeda, and many other radical groups. This monograph will examine the impact of Islamism on Bosnian security, tracing developments during the 9…
Time to Debunk Political Islam – By Rachel Ehrenfeld, May 29, 2014 … In “The Brotherhood Will Be Back,” the author, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center, put political Islam’s cards on the table: “Liberals would say that their solution is the only acceptable compromise. In a liberal society, everyone—secular and Salafi alike—can freely express their religious …
Political Islam’s Disinformation – By Rachel Ehrenfeld – July 12, 2013 … How could the Muslim Brotherhood and other proponents of political Islam ( including the violent kind) fool so many in the West for such a long time? Why did the West accept their demagoguery about “Islamic democracy” or “the rule of law” instead of recognizing that the former is an oxymoron and the later …