Monthly Archives: January 2008

Simply put, Diana West is the most courageous and perspicacious journalist writing today on the dire, self-destructive synergy between  Western cultural relativism, and resurgent global jihadism. (Read her “The Death of the Grown-Up”.) In a journalistic world with its head … Continue reading →

Writing a century ago, the scholar, and former editor of Moslem World, Dr. Samuel Zwemer, turned a standard Muslim apologetic regarding Islam’s treatment of women, on its head. Zwemer made this cogent observation which merits wide dissemination as we witness … Continue reading →

In today’s (1/17/08)Washington Times, Letters to the Editor: “The military needs Maj. Stephen Coughlin”   I would like to address the comments of Capt. Gordan E. Van Hook regarding Maj. Stephen Coughlin’s employment with the U.S. military and the value of … Continue reading →

Fred Lucas of Cybercast News Service reports today (1/16/08) that Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), co-chair of the bi-partisan House Anti-Terrorism Caucus is seeking to find out why Major Steve Coughlin (USAR)—the Pentagon’s lone expert on the nexus between Islamic Law … Continue reading →

Click on the image to appreciate it! Update: The American Thinker has run this story today (1/15/08) as a feature article, lightly edited. Bill Gertz in his weekly “Inside the Ring” column (1/11/08) reported that “Pentagon and military leaders, along … Continue reading →

From this story in The London Telegraph, 1/13/08:   David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said that the poll results showed a widespread feeling that the Government had failed. “This demonstrates that the Government’s actions, both to control immigration and … Continue reading →

From this story, (hat tip Jihad Watch) we learn that The Islamic Action Front—Jabhat al-‘Amal al-Islami, Arabic: جبهة العمل الإسلامي —founded in 1992, as the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, and the largest and most influential political … Continue reading →

From this article in today’s (1/12/08) Wall Street Journal, “The Lost Archive”, regarding a unique photo archive of ancient manuscript iterations of the Koran, which may provide critical evidence of the evolution of the Koranic text:  Ms. Neuwirth, a professor … Continue reading →

“To Our Great Detriment” Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad by Stephen C. Coughlin, Esq.   Published on July 2nd, 2007 From the Summary Introduction:   In comments made at the National Defense University on 1 December 2005, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of … Continue reading →

Bill Gertz in his weekly “Inside the Ring” column today (1/11/08) is reporting that “Pentagon and military leaders, along with lots of working-level officials, are quietly rallying” in support of Major Stephen Coughlin (USAR), whose plight I have discussed here. … Continue reading →