This is a press release from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, announcing a fundraising drive to solicit contributions to help rebuild churches in Malaysia. The churches in question were firebombed by extremists protesting the Christian community’s perfectly valid use of the name “Allah” in their services. You can donate to the fund online or mail…

Last week, a group of twenty Imams from across the United States and Canada, all affiliated with the Islamic Supremem Council of Canada, issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that any attack on America or Canada is equivalent to an attack on the millions of muslims living in these nations. The goal of this fatwa…

Over the course of the past week, nine churches in Malaysia have been firebombed, by muslim extremists who object to the Christian community’s use of the word “Allah” in their prayers. The dispute came to a head on Dec 31st when the high court of Malaysia ruled in favor of Catholics using the word in…

I’ll freely admit that I hold in mild contempt anyone who dare not acknowledge Hamlet as the very pinnacle of Shakespeare’s work. While most of the Bard’s tales are worthy of the label masterpiece in their own right, Hamlet stands alone (as is appropriate, given his choler). However, Shakespeare’s genius was his wisdom about the…

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