Hijacking Black History to Bash Israel
Mangling the facts while ignoring anti-Semitism.
August 13, 2019
How Ilhan Omar’s Politics Set Her against Liberal Muslims
A fusion of American progressivism with regressive Islamism.
At a recent public event, Representative Ilhan Omar was asked by a liberal Muslim activist if she and her fellow speaker Representative Rashida Tlaib would condemn female genital mutilation (FGM). Omar, rather than answering, announced that the question “disgusted” her and that she wanted “to make sure the next time someone is in an audience that they ask us the proper questions.” Since then, Omar has found herself in an extended Twitter spat with the former Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan—who has herself received fierce criticism for posing with her Israeli counterpart, and has called the congresswoman anti-Semitic. Nervana Mahmoud explains why Omar’s particular synthesis of Islamic radicalism with American liberalism puts her permanently at odds with other Muslims:
August 13, 2019
A Recent Missile Test Shows the Potential of U.S.-Israel Military Cooperation
From intercepting missiles in space to stopping them with lasers.
How Ilhan Omar’s Politics Set Her against Liberal Muslims
A fusion of American progressivism with regressive Islamism.
As Was the Case 80 Years Ago, the Battle for Jewish Schools Centers on Checking the Power of Government
“The child is not the mere creature of the state”
No, the Bible Isn’t Socialist. But It’s Hardly Capitalist, Either
The free market, social welfare, and skepticism of government.