For Our New Readers
For those visiting this site for the first time, I’d recommend background reading to understand what we are talking about and why. A good place to start is the recently published best-seller Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam by Robert Spencer. (Also consider IBA’s resident author: Mark Alexander.) I list other books here.
Articles can barely do justice to the topic and counter the vast misinformation already disseminated by political hacks. But they might suggest that there is another side of the story missed by the Mainstream Media and partisan academic pseudo-scholars. I ask my fellow bloggers to suggest their favorite single intro in the comments section. My own very brief summary with hyperlinks.
For daily news and commentary Jihad Watch is the gold standard. For a great Internet round-up see Islamic Evil, which reminds me … why the double standard in today’s discourse?
Of course, check out the individual websites listed on the right. Each contributor has a unique emphasis and we don’t always agree. As always we know learning about a foreign culture, people, and religion requires a considerable amount of thought over a long period. We challenge you to go beyond the superficial clichés in the popular media.
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Weekly Standard: Tapper: Media Failing Country In an interview with Laura Ingraham, White House reporter Jake Tapper said that the media is failing the country. "A lot of people are hurting out there. Unemployment is 8.3 percent. That doesn’t even...
- Unintended Consequences?
Contributors and regular readers here at IBA might find this post of Gates of Vienna interesting. Excerpt:As most readers know by now, Gates of Vienna has experienced a massive surge of traffic in the last few days, thanks to the manifesto written by...
- Sean Hannity Plagiarizes Debbie Schlussel
More and more, top talk radio show hosts are getting their material from us bloggers. In my opinion, this is a very good thing. Because we are on the forefront of the fight against the encroaching Islamification of Western Civilization. However, it is...
- Cal Thomas' Hard Hitting Column
Cal Thomas, the syndicated columnist, is saying what we’ve been saying about the Hamas victory in his article, “Terrorists Win: Why the Surprise?” which is titled “Denying Denial” in my local newspaper. It’s great to see this hit the mainstream...
- A New Dark Age Is Dawning
For any here who don't know about Mark Alexander's site, I want to point out that his site has some excellent insights. Mark Alexander lived and worked in the Middle East for many years. His recent collection of essays on Islam might be a good...