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by Burak Bekdil
• November 16, 2014 at 5:00 am
"Islamic
state in Palestine in place of Israel and the Palestinian territories,
and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel." — Hamas Charter.
Turkey's
supreme court declared the olive grove to be "under state
protection," after it was totally destroyed.
Some
Turks are prepared to hate even olive trees because "they are
Jewish."
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The uprooted olive trees of Yırca, Turkey, on
November 7, 2014. (Image source: Greenpeace Turkey)
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Islamists often come in two flavors: Those who would decapitate an
infidel, take out his heart and eat it in front of cameras, like the
jihadists in Syria; and those who have the same sentiments and goals but
pursue smarter means to Islamize the whole universe through "de
jure" methods, including the ballot box.
Turkey's leaders fall into the second category, but some Turks these
days feature a third flavor: Non-Violent Idiocy.
Hamas's infamous charter, proclaimed in 1988, is a must-read for
self-declared Western intellectuals who tend to "angelize" the
terrorist group in order, often, to reinforce their own intellectual
identities. The charter (or the Covenant) calls for the eventual creation
of an "Islamic state in Palestine in place of Israel and the Palestinian
territories, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel."
by Irfan Al-Alawi
• November 16, 2014 at 4:00 am
"'Sheikh
Google' is the real threat to young Muslims." — Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal,
British Muslim mother, Daily Telegraph.
These
mild legal outcomes indicate that U.S. officials do not appreciate how
inflammatory the materials are.
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(Image source: muslimvillage.com)
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As informed Muslims know, present-day radical Islamists have proven
adept at using the internet – far more than have their moderate and
Western opponents. "Internet savvy" jihadism appears as
evidence of the youthful constituency of the extremists. They have grown
up with the internet, video games, and other online diversions. When
fanatical ideology takes hold of them, the internet is one of the obvious
places for the process to begin.
In an important 2003 article in The Weekly Standard, entitled
"The Islamic Terrorism Club," Stephen Schwartz, wrote about
some of the more obnoxious pro-jihad Arabic-language websites then
operating from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The jihad-net expanded considerably
in the decade that followed.
Even before September 11, 2001, however, many Muslims who opposed
the fundamentalists were focusing on Islamist websites in English, as a
means to anticipate threats from radicals.
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