Global Intifada

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kashmiri-nomad.blogspot.com/
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Introduction
Part I: The Conquest(s) of Constantinople
Part II: Ten Facts About Palestine You Won’t Hear About
Part III: Islam and Empire
Conclusion
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        Robert Spencer has recently posted an article on Jihad Watch entitled “The Nakba, May 29, 1453” with a witty little picture that says “Free Constantinople: 500 Years of Occupation is Enough.” His underlying argument is that the Arab use of the term “Nakba” [Translation: Catastrophe] to describe the founding of Israel should be […]

            Unsurprisingly, Spencer has left out a lot of information regarding the fall of Constantinople which results in an absolutely skewed picture of the underlying causes of its collapse. The biggest omission is that its entirely question whether Constantinople was a Byzantine city to begin with – after all, the city itself was built upon […]

 
Robert Spencer attempts to portray himself as an objective academic attempting to expose the “true” nature of Islam. However, a person truly concerned with objectivity and justice would condemn all injustices, and not single out a particular group of people or religion solely for criticism. In fact, if one scrutinizes any of Spencer’s many projects […]

            Robert Spencer’s attempts at stifling the Palestinian right of return by incorrectly analogizing it to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople are weak since he leaves out crucial information regarding both historical events. However, such tactics aren’t anything new since one can establish a clear pattern and practice of behavior where he neglects to mention […]

In his book “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam”, Robert Spencer argues that the use of the term “Islamophobe” is merely a tactic from radical Islamists to stifle legitimate critique of terrorism and the alleged imperialistic tendencies of Islam and Muslims. However, it has been shown that Spencer systematically engages in important omissions, weak comparisons, […]

GASP!
Those crazy Moslems at it again!
If I were a right-wing pundit, I would be making the following statements:
- The New Testament is the word of a False God and deserves to be burnt
- This action is protected by Free Speech
- “They” don’t respect us, so why should we respect “them.”
Of course, I’m not a right […]

Darul Uloom Deoband, one of the world’s most eminent institutions of Islamic learning, organized a massive condemnation of terrorism. Scholars from over 6,000 maddrassehs attended and joined in on the condemnation.
Read the article here.
A good supplement to this article would be to read “The Ulema in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change” by Muhammad Qasim Zaman […]

I’d like to begin this post by making two disclaimers: (1) I do not want to see Shari’ah in the West. I do, however, believe that sovereign nations have the right to govern their countries without any invasive coercion from other states in so far as they do not infringe upon the rights of other […]