Dithyramb

All is not well in Great Britain

Lessons in hate found at leading mosques

"Books calling for the beheading of lapsed Muslims, ordering women to remain indoors and forbidding interfaith marriage are being sold inside some of Britain’s leading mosques, according to research seen by The Times.

Some of the fundamentalist works were found at the bookshop in the London Central mosque in Regent’s Park, which is funded by the Saudi regime and is regularly visited by government ministers. Its director, Ahmad al-Dubayan, is also a Saudi diplomat and was among those greeting King Abdullah when he arrived in Britain last night for his official state visit.

Extremist literature, including passages supporting the stoning of adulterers and waging violent jihad, was also found on sale at many other mosques regarded as mainstream institutions."

Prager & Hitchens vs Ibrahim Hooper (CAIR)

Response from Jihad watch

On the history of Jihad and suicide bombing

Middle East Forum has an informative article written by David Bukay entitled The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings: Islamist Ideology

Mark Steyn on why the Islamic world views the west as weak

Why abduct us? We cede our values for free

Excerpt:

... "for the Fox journalists and the Western media who reported their release, what's the big deal? Wear robes, change your name to Khaled, go on camera and drop Allah's name hither and yon: If that's your ticket out, seize it. Everyone'll know it's just a sham.

But that's not how the al-Jazeera audience sees it. If you're a Muslim, the video is anything but meaningless. Not even the dumbest jihadist believes these infidels are suddenly true believers. Rather, it confirms the central truth Osama and the mullahs have been peddling -- that the West is weak, that there's nothing -- no core, no bedrock -- nothing it's not willing to trade."

Interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Der Spiegel has an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, muslim apostate and dutch politician who together with the murdered Theo van Gogh made the controversial movie Submission.   

The Interview is in two parts.
Part 1
Part 2

A Tale of Inexplicably Vanishing Manhood (or: Islamic Impotence Reconsidered)

Muslim paranoia: Enemies made us impotent!
This is an old story by the ever adroit Mark Steyn -  a real classic!
I just discovered it and found it to be quite astute in its observations and remarkably succinct in its less than subtle humour.

In other words bloody brilliant!

Fascism & Islam

Ali Sina has written a thorough report entitled Is Political Islam Fascist? for FaithFreedom.Org

Excerpt:

"Clearly Islam and fascism are inspired by identical philosophies. Just like fascism, Islam

• is marked by centralization of  authority under a supreme leader vested with divine clout,
• has stringent control over all aspects of the lives of all its subjects irrespective of their faith,
• suppresses its opposition through terror and censorship,
• has a policy of belligerence towards non-Muslim nations, the Dar al-Harb, 
• practices religious apartheid and has an  impure class,
• disdains reason,
• extols unquestioning loyalty,
• glorifies the state,
• is imperialistic,
• is oppressive,
• is dictatorial and
• is controlling.

      Islam,  like fascism, appeals to people with low self esteem and low intelligence. Both these ideologies are irrational. and hail devotion and submission to a higher authority. Like fascists, Muslims are triumphalists. They seek power, domination and control. They pride themselves in their strength of number, in their mindless heroism, in their disdain for life and in their willingness to kill and die for their cause.        

Islam is political and political Islam is fascism. "  

This long article is hard-hitting, essentialized and to the point. A riveting read that goes right into the nitty-gritty of things.

But, what's missig though is an analysis of the ethics altruism and the nobilty of self-sacrifice which both extol unabashed.