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In January of 2006, I composed a blog article largely based on the Washington Post article "Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical: Restoration of Caliphate, Attacked by Bush, Resonates With Mainstream Muslims." According to that Washington Post article:
On October 23, 2006, Dr. Walid Phares wrote an essay entitled "The Caliph-Strophic Debate" and analyzed a recent article in Newsweek Magazine. Excerpt from Dr. Phares' article:
Read the rest at Always On Watch.
- The Caliphate Rising
Back in January 2006, I published this at my first blog site. Excerpt: From "Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical: Restoration of Caliphate, Attacked by Bush, Resonates With Mainstream Muslims," front-page article in the January 14, 2006...
- Mark Steyn Wins Round One
From this source: The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group's complaint against Maclean's magazine. The Canadian Islamic Congress had argued the magazine published an article in October 2006 that would likely expose Muslims...
- Phares Endorses Romney, Stresses Preparedness
Walid Phares has endorsed Mitt Romney for president in a powerful statement released today on his blog and in Human Events. Phares has been quite proactive in this campaign, sending emails and copies of his books to the candidates of both parties. This...
- Is It Just Me, Or Is Cair's Bedier Calling For The Return Of The Caliphate?
CAIR's position on the notion of returning to the caliphate is a bit nebulous. Quotes by many CAIR leaders have been used to try and show that these CAIR members in fact want to turn the US into a caliphate, though this is more accurately a goal...
- Cair Whines—again
In reference to the term "Islamic fascists," the obligatory whine-o-gram has been issued from CAIR. Excerpt: "U.S. MUSLIMS CONCERNED ABOUT BUSH'S USE OF 'ISLAMIC FASCISTS' - TOP CAIR: 'Today you equated the religion of peace with the ugliness...
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The Caliphate And CAIR
In January of 2006, I composed a blog article largely based on the Washington Post article "Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical: Restoration of Caliphate, Attacked by Bush, Resonates With Mainstream Muslims." According to that Washington Post article:
"[T]he caliphate is also esteemed by many ordinary Muslims....Muslims regard themselves as members of the umma, or community of believers, that forms the heart of Islam. And as earthly head of that community, the caliph is cherished both as memory and ideal, interviews indicate."Recently, discussion of the caliphate has resumed, in part because President Bush has been using the term in several of his speeches.
On October 23, 2006, Dr. Walid Phares wrote an essay entitled "The Caliph-Strophic Debate" and analyzed a recent article in Newsweek Magazine. Excerpt from Dr. Phares' article:
"It seems that the US is having a hard time winning the hearts and minds of Arabs and Muslims, but an equally serious problem can be observed in the intellectual circles of America where some have had a difficulty coming to terms with the terminology of the War of Ideas. If the educated elite of the United States is incapable of identifying the ideology and the strategy of the Jihadists five years after 9/11, we not only have a problem with handling the War in Iraq, but also with the future of American national security as a whole....
Read the rest at Always On Watch.
- The Caliphate Rising
Back in January 2006, I published this at my first blog site. Excerpt: From "Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical: Restoration of Caliphate, Attacked by Bush, Resonates With Mainstream Muslims," front-page article in the January 14, 2006...
- Mark Steyn Wins Round One
From this source: The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group's complaint against Maclean's magazine. The Canadian Islamic Congress had argued the magazine published an article in October 2006 that would likely expose Muslims...
- Phares Endorses Romney, Stresses Preparedness
Walid Phares has endorsed Mitt Romney for president in a powerful statement released today on his blog and in Human Events. Phares has been quite proactive in this campaign, sending emails and copies of his books to the candidates of both parties. This...
- Is It Just Me, Or Is Cair's Bedier Calling For The Return Of The Caliphate?
CAIR's position on the notion of returning to the caliphate is a bit nebulous. Quotes by many CAIR leaders have been used to try and show that these CAIR members in fact want to turn the US into a caliphate, though this is more accurately a goal...
- Cair Whines—again
In reference to the term "Islamic fascists," the obligatory whine-o-gram has been issued from CAIR. Excerpt: "U.S. MUSLIMS CONCERNED ABOUT BUSH'S USE OF 'ISLAMIC FASCISTS' - TOP CAIR: 'Today you equated the religion of peace with the ugliness...