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Bruce Bawer on the see-no-evil political correctness that prevents many Westerners from talking honestly about Islam: Who’s Sleeping More Deeply — Europe or America? A big part of the reason for this dismaying American response to the cartoon affair is, of course, that Islamization hasn’t progressed as far in ...
Islam, Europe, Militant Islam, Cartoon Jihad, Jihad, Political Correctness
Good grief. Now the British nanny state is actually warning nursery school teachers to be on the lookout for racist babies. Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency. The National Children’s Bureau, which receives £12 million a ...
LGF, Britain, Political Correctness, Multiculturalism, Racism
They may be letting Al Qaeda leader Abu Qatada out of jail, but at least the British government has thwarted a far greater threat: Martha Stewart ‘barred from UK’.
LGF, Britain, Abu Qatada, Al Qaeda, Multiculturalism, Political Correctness, Martha Stewart
I was going to write “unbelievable,” but unfortunately this sort of British governmental absurdity has become all too believable; so tied up in political correctness and delusional multiculturalism that they coddle their own mortal enemies: Abu Qatada: Radical cleric to be released ‘in next 24 hours’. Radical cleric Abu ...
LGF, Britain, Abu Qatada, Al Qaeda, Multiculturalism, Political Correctness, Terrorism, Radical Islam
Here’s a good post by Robert Spencer on the assault on free speech being led by Islamic front groups, delusional leftist government organizations, and the New York Times: Jihad Watch: New York Times isn’t sure that free speech is such a good idea. Previously at LGF: NY Times: Unlike Other, ...
LGF, New York Times, Media Bias, Jihad, Islam, Political Correctness, Militant Islam, State Department
What does it take to get the New York Times to publish an op-ed agreeing with the Bush administration? A disturbingly misguided effort to fight a real world problem with fantasy measures and empty words, of course. What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com. While the ...
LGF, New York Times, Media Bias, Jihad, Islam, Political Correctness, Militant Islam, State Department
Here’s an interesting piece by Theodore Dalrymple at City Journal, on Britain’s struggle to assimilate immigrants: A Confusion of Tongues. London is now the most ethnically diverse city in the world—more so, according to United Nations reports, even than New York. And this is not just a matter of ...
LGF, Britain, Political Correctness, Multiculturalism, Immigration
Al Qaeda-influenced gangs of radical Islamists are taking control of Whitemoor maximum security prison—and the British government response is to wring their hands about “Islamophobia” and make the staff take “sensitivity to Islam” courses. Prison officers at one of Britain’s maximum security jails are losing control to Muslim gangs, ...
LGF, Britain, Prison, Islam, Al Qaeda, Militant Islam, Dhimmitude, Political Correctness
In the Netherlands, cartoonist Gregorius Nekschot (a pseudonym) has been arrested (and released a day later) for felony line drawing with intent to provoke laughter. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 16 (UPI) — A Dutch cartoonist has been arrested following a lengthy investigation into allegations his work was discriminatory to other ...
LGF, Netherlands, Gregorius Nekschot, Political Correctness, Dhimmitude, Cartoon Jihad
Here’s one of those stories that might make you think you’re having a waking nightmare: State Department’s Jihadist Exchange Program. State Department diplomats are taking full advantage of their new rules prohibiting the use of “jihad,” “jihadist,” and “mujahedeen” to describe Islamic extremists and terrorists, which they apparently have ...
LGF, State Department, Jihad, Lexicon, Political Correctness, DHS, IIIT, International Institute of Islamic Thought
How do you get the Associated Press to use the word “terrorism” in an article without scare quotes? Simple. Just distort the meaning of the word so badly that it’s unrecognizable. Bam! No scare quotes! Vietnam to try American for terrorism. HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese-American and two Vietnamese ...
LGF, Associated Press, Media Bias, Terrorism, Political Correctness
Here’s a good piece by Joseph Myers at American Thinker, on the misguided, fantasy-minded speech code imposed by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security: Strategic Collapse in the War on Terror. Recent government policy memoranda, circulating through the national counter-terrorism and diplomatic community, establishes a new ...
LGF, State Department, Jihad, Lexicon, Political Correctness, DHS
The Investigative Project has released the appalling memos from the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department banning the use of words like “jihad” and “mujahideen,” a disturbingly misguided effort to fight a real world problem with fantasy measures. Steven Emerson tried to find out which Muslim groups were ...
LGF, Jihad, DHS, MPAC, Steven Emerson, IPT, Political Correctness, Propaganda, Radical Islam
In one of the most disgusting displays of abject self-hatred I’ve ever seen, a group of British Jews makes a sickening statement: Letters: We’re not celebrating Israel’s anniversary.
LGF, Britain, Israel, Anniversary, Self-Hatred, Political Correctness
Suddenly John McCain has decided it’s OK to criticize Barack Obama for his association with Jeremiah Wright. It’s no longer out of touch with reality, it’s not racist, and it’s not the kind of sleazy politics that Ronald Reagan would be ashamed of. Why the change of heart? Because Barack ...
LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Political Correctness, Rev. Wright
Republicans in North Carolina are not happy with John McCain’s politically correct decision not to mention Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and they’re rejecting his call to cancel their advertisement: NOTE TO RNC - Stay Out of Our Business! Here’s the ad, and I have to agree with the NC people. I ...
LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Political Correctness
What more is there to say at this point except, “Aarrgghhh?” Jihad Watch: New State Department lexicon forbids use of the words ‘jihad’ or ‘jihadist’. A reliable source has informed me that Condoleeza Rice has approved a new lexicon for State Department usage, absolutely forbidding the use of the ...
LGF, State Department, Jihad, Lexicon, Political Correctness
The Islamist known as “Osama bin Laden’s right hand man,” Abu Qatada, is now set for life on British benefits. One of the world’s most dangerous terror suspects was last night preparing for a life on benefits in Britain after judges ruled that his deportation would breach human rights ...
LGF, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Dhimmitude, Islam, Militant Islam, Political Correctness
Britain has barred Israeli Likud member Moshe Feiglin from entering the country—even though he wasn’t planning to: Feiglin banned from entering Britain. The reason: The 7/7 London bombings. The UK’s Home Office has banned Likud central committee member Moshe Feiglin from entering Britain. A letter sent to Feiglin from ...
LGF, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Dhimmitude, Islam, Militant Islam, Political Correctness
If you’ve wondered why so many mainstream media stories about Islamic issues omit important details and draw spurious morally equivalent conclusions, wonder no more. They’re doing it on purpose. This was apparently released by the Society of Professional Journalists shortly after the 9/11 attacks: Guidelines for Countering Racial, Ethnic and ...
LGF, Media Bias, Mainstream Media, Media, Islam, Willful Blindness, Political Correctness
British police are being trained in sharia law and the Koran, which they seem to think will help counter terror at the local level. In some undefined way. Police will be trained on the importance of sharia law and the Koran to Muslim communities, under new plans to fight ...
LGF, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Dhimmitude, Islam, Militant Islam, Political Correctness
The Archbishop of Canterbury is an absolute disgrace, and the very definition of a “dhimmi:” Sharia law in UK is ‘unavoidable’. The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK “seems unavoidable”. Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that ...
LGF, Britain, Islam, Political Correctness, Sharia, Shari'a, Islamic Law, Islamic Supremacism
The British government has, amazingly, managed to completely eliminate “Islamic terrorism” and “jihad.” From their vocabulary. ‘Don’t mention Islamic extremists’: Government phrasebook tries to avoid upsetting Muslims. The Government has drawn up a controversial phrasebook on the language of terrorism and is insisting civil servants no longer blame fanatical ...
LGF, Britain, Islam, Political Correctness, Islamic Terrorism
Parviz Khan, the UK Muslim charged with planning to kidnap a British soldier, hack off his head, and distribute the video of the murder on the internet, has admitted to the plot. And Reuters tries to cast it as a case of aggression against Muslims, with one of their patented ...
LGF, Britain, Military, Political Correctness, Media Bias, Reuters, Parviz Khan, Militant Islam
The latest episode of utter insanity from Britain’s Mad Hatters of Multiculturalism: Three Little Pigs ‘too offensive’. A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency’s annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims. The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy ...