Op-Eds

Banning Minarets and Democracy

By | 2009-12-03T17:58:00-04:00 December 3rd, 2009|Op-Eds|

Sunday, November 29, 2009 will be remembered as a turning point in the protection of our democracy and freedom. I believe that all of the West must congratulate every Swiss citizen that voted to ban the building of Minarets as well as those who agreed to allow them to be built.

Will Saudis allow construction of cathedrals to challenge Swiss ban on minarets?

By | 2009-12-01T03:40:00-04:00 December 1st, 2009|Op-Eds|

Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC expressed surprise on statement of Pakistani representatives in UNHRC expressing concern on Swiss vote ban on construction of minarets on mosques and other Islamic institutions in Switzerland when construction of new Churches in Pakistan has to follow strict government guidelines which prohibits one furlong from existing mosque and use of loudspeakers.

Free Speech Silenced at Columbia and Princeton

By | 2009-11-26T17:42:00-04:00 November 26th, 2009|Op-Eds|

Nonie Darwish, the executive director of Former Muslims United and author of Cruel And Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law, was scheduled to speak at Columbia and Princeton Universities last week, but both events were canceled under pressure from Muslim groups on campus.

Is It Permissible To Join A Kaafir Army?

By | 2009-11-19T13:52:00-04:00 November 19th, 2009|Op-Eds|

In the years since 9/11, we have seen a serious re-defining and whitewashing of what our deen is and is not. Since the Ft Hood shootings, and even before that, we have seen many Muslim organizations refer to US troops which are occupying Muslim lands, as “our troops”.

It Isn't Political Correctness; It's Shariah

By | 2009-11-13T08:34:00-04:00 November 13th, 2009|Op-Eds|

In surveying the cultural carnage in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on a military installation in U.S. history, it bears noting that there have been seismic shifts in America. When America was free of the shackles of Islam, say, fifty years ago, the current response to such an attack by an enemy faction would have been unthinkable.