Jihad Featured Sinwar joins the Hall of Shame* The significance of these figures’ demises is profound for the Arab world. Individually, each represents a failed promise—a leader who once inspired hope but ultimately only delivered humiliation. Collectively, they symbolise the limitations of the so-called “resistance”.
Jihad Featured Israel vs Iran: The targets no one is talking about, Part 2 First a brutal Arab Sunni dictator, then a ruthless Arab Shi'a tyrant, followed by a brutal Iranian Shi'a dictator. Diverse, yes, but they had one aim, to destroy Israel with the ultimate weapon, and a common ideology, Islam.
Fourth of July Featured 4 July in the Land of the Free, the Mother of Parliaments and the Only Democracy in the ME, Part 3 "The only democracy in the Middle East" can only be called a democracy in the Middle East. Elsewhere, it might be called something else.
Debate Featured Answering my critics, Part 1 I resolved to do as much damage to Islam as I possibly can, before a Muslim’s knife reaches my neck. This is much, much bigger than whatever personal experiences my critics imagine I must have had in Islam. They simply have no idea.
Jihad Featured Civilised people, we escaped Islam and we are WARNING you “We smile in their face, but we curse them in our hearts.” So we are coexisting within Israel, Arab Muslims and Jews, but our so-called “coexistence” is just a way for us to strangle and choke Israel from the inside. It’s just another tactic.
Jihad Featured Awake, Sinwar! We have returned. Our presence here confirms the victory of civilisation over barbarism[1]* They have made it abundantly clear that the benefits of Israeli civilisation do not interest them. The victory of Israel is a victory for civilisation, and we cannot allow the Palestinians to hold civilisation hostage.
Jihad Featured Salah ad-Din, we are your descendants!* It was a great blow that had killed the passion in those fanatics who still followed him. The Americans put that bag on his head; finally the curtain fell on an era.
Propaganda Featured "I don't know why it’s not obvious to everybody." All of us saw Hamas savages grab a teenager girl from the neck, pushing her into the unknown. That’s your very freedom. That girl represents your freedom. ...I don't know why it’s not obvious to everybody. That the United Nations fail to condemn them.
Jihad Featured Who sympathises with the Palestinians and how?* From time to time we heard about racist content in Palestinian textbooks, but were silent because we were afraid of accidentally linking it to Islam.
Propaganda Featured Israel inching towards the i-word, sort of Denying jihad means denying Islam, which means denying Muslims, which means denying the war in which 1.6 billion are religiously obligated to exterminate 15 million. Thus did hasbara aid Soviet/Palestinian propaganda in exchanging Goliath for David.
Israel Featured The Israeli Ambassador’s letter is just plain wrong Gilad Erdan’s letter is demeaning of Israel. Its central pathos is the assertion that Israel has the right to defend itself. No other country makes an issue of its right to defend itself, because it is nothing less than its right to exist. Yet again, Israel draws its own existence into question.
Jihad Featured GrossIneptitude, GrossIdiocy, GrossIrresponsibility Israel only ever defeats the "Palestinians" halfway. An overwhelmingly powerful adversary that never defeats its much weaker enemy, only confirms to its jihad attackers that Allah is with them and stays the hand of the accursed Jew. Anything short of their utter defeat is clear victory.
Jihad Featured Anatomy of a madness, Part 3 I read The Satanic Verses in the winter of 1996-97, unemployed and frozen, and again in the winter of 2014-15, Charlie Hebdo on TV 24/7. The third time was in that magical realist summer of 2020, with a fresh-ish MFA to my name, to study the work as art. 12 August 2022: the author survived.
Totalitarianism Totalitarianism: we have become comfortably numb - Part 12 "a boot stamping on a human face, forever." — George Orwell.
Totalitarianism Totalitarianism: we have become comfortably numb - Part 5 Were they not in such a parlous state, they would see that Zemmour is their very last hope to stop the slide towards the stark alternatives of either civil war or barbarism
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